From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sun Aug 18 2002 - 17:08:44 MDT
Demonstrating that the Manhattan Nuked is an issue worthy of consideration;
here is a small article that is at least, tangential to our
discussion/diatribe.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/795677.asp?cp1=1
THE MEMO, delivered last month, reflects heightened concern by Rumsfeld and
senior aides about the ready availability around the world of cruise missile
technology and the continued vulnerability of U.S. troops and population
centers to attack by the low-flying, hard-to-detect weapons, according to
officials familiar with the memo.
The Bush administration has made development of anti-missile systems a
top priority. But its focus has been on defending against ballistic missiles,
which arc through the sky after launch and tend to be bigger, more costly and
longer range than cruise missiles, which are self-propelled, lower-flying and
more transportable, therefore posing a different set of defensive challenges.
Capable in some cases of taking off from ships close to shore and
maneuvering below radar scanners or behind terrain, cruise missiles present a
particular worry as potential platforms for delivering nuclear, biological or
chemical warheads. Rumsfeld’s new emphasis on these weapons suggests an
attempt to broaden the administration’s anti-missile effort and take them
more aggressively into account. Defense officials are particularly worried
about the possibility that terrorist groups or countries such as Iraq and
Iran could use rudimentary cruise missile technology to attack U.S.
installations or the American homeland.
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