This nuclear arms race brought to you by George W Bush

[Loonman]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&ncid=732&e=7&u=/ap/20031126/ap_on_re_eu/russia_us_nuclear

excerpt:
"We are witnessing that nuclear weapons, which have served as a political deterrent, are being transformed into a battlefield instrument," Baluyevsky said. "It's very scary, extremely scary."


A defense bill signed by President Bush (news - web sites) on Monday lifts a decade-old ban on research into low-yield nuclear weapons and authorizes $15 million for continued research into a powerful nuclear weapon capable of destroying deep underground bunkers.


"That causes us concern," Baluyevsky said. "Should we somehow review our nuclear strategy? Yes, I believe we should."


He wouldn't say whether Russia would work to develop similar weapons, but said that it would hold onto its stockpiles of tactical nuclear weapons.

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this is a huge story, horribly underreported (of course) by our fucking corporate media

[Loonman]

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