Reply #4: 3 articles on the amazing recent resurrection of this "PROGRAM" [View All]

[cyberpj]

Feb 02, 2005 - Rumsfeld Asks for Restoration of "Program"
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0202-10.htm


Feb 06, 2005 - Efficacy of Bunker-Buster Nukes Up for Debate

"It is a study, it is nothing more and nothing less and it is not pursuing and it is not developing, it is not building, it is not manufacturing, it's not deploying and it's not using," Rumsfeld said in May 2003 of the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (search), or "bunker buster" bomb and the low-yield "mini-nuke."

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Because RNEPs are modified versions of existing weapons, building them does not violate any of Washington's nuclear treaties. Supporters of RNEPs are quick to point out that they are not new weapons, just "new capabilities." But critics fear that the research will lead to new testing, which may present Washington, D.C. with a host of diplomatic problems.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,146538,00.html
(I know it's Fox but the quote was worth it.)


Feb 18, 2005 - Rumsfeld Defends Funding for Completion of "STUDY"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200502/s1305832.htm