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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Just_Observing who wrote (5061)	2/3/2003 3:28:04 PM
From: Just_Observing	Respond to of 25898

Pentagon weighs up nuclear option By Richard Cooper in Washington February 4 2003 The Pentagon is fast-tracking a program to develop computers that would help decide if nuclear weapons should be used to destroy deep underground arms bunkers or other critical targets. The program, described in unpublished Pentagon documents, seeks to design an array of high-speed computers that could assess structural data, calculate the amount of force needed, then determine whether a nuclear "bunker buster" is required. The system would also assess the risk of killing nearby civilians and inflicting other collateral damage, including the spread of radioactive dust and the dispersal of toxic chemicals from weapons in the bunker. The $US1.26billion ($2.15 billion) program is the latest step in a campaign by some Bush Administration officials and members of Congress to press for a new generation of smaller nuclear weapons. However, the White House and the Defence Department has declined to comment. More at smh.com.au

To: Just_Observing who wrote (5061)	2/3/2003 3:31:09 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Respond to of 25898

What about the militant Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia and their terrorist sponsored sect - Hamas. They hate the Shiites so expect them to make trouble for a government dominated by the majority Shia.