April 23 2010
The United States is developing technology that could lead to the deployment of a conventional weapon that is strong and accurate enough that some say it could reduce the need for a nuclear arsenal, the New York Times reports.
Officials maintain that the Prompt Global Strike weapon would, in theory, fire a conventional warhead of enormous weight at high speed and with pinpoint accuracy, generating the localized destructive power of a nuclear warhead.
The Obama administration...
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