A New Dawn for Nukes

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Bush administration selected a design for a new generation of atomic warheads, taking a major step toward building the first new nuclear weapon since the end of the Cold War two decades ago.
The military and the Energy Department selected a design developed by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California over a competing design by the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, according to government sources who spoke on condition of anonymity in advance of a formal announcement.
The decision to move ahead with the warhead, which eventually would replace the existing arsenal of weapons, has been criticized as sending the wrong signal to the world at a time when the United States is assailing attempts at nuclear weapons development in North Korea and Iran and striving to contain it.
But military and Energy Department officials have argued that the new U.S. warhead will not add to the nuclear arsenal. They maintain the new design will make the weapons stockpile more secure and reliable without the need for actual underground testing.
The warhead has been the focus of an intense competition between Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore, the government's two premier nuclear weapons labs.
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Bowie,
Again, you seem to take alot of interest in a country that is not your own. And you continue to offer rationalizations for the ousting or overthrow of our government's leadership, even after admitting that you're not a citizen of our country. Why then should I, as an American citizen, listen to you? By rights, I would expect that a citizen of another country would have something against our country, nationalism and all that.
Having said that, I like Iacoca. In his day he difinitely had an impact on the business models here in the U.S. But I will say that being a CEO is not being an elected official at the highest levels, especially the Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces. I wouldn't even compare the two as he has done, though it certainly shows the moxy he's known for. As I said before, the only people who know what it means to be the President, are the current President and former Presidents still living. Everybody else is just a spectator.
Like I stated in previous posts, only time will tell what impact the policies of the U.S. and it's leaders will have in the future. I reserve judgement until that time. Peace.
Posted by: JCM at April 25, 2007 01:31 PM