"Bunker Busters": Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator Issues, FY2005 and FY2006
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The Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP) program has been the most controversial nuclear weapon program in Congress for the last several years. Supporters argue that it is needed to attack hard and deeply buried targets (such as leadership bunkers) in countries of concern, thereby deterring or defeating challenges from such nations; critics assert that RNEP would lower the threshold for use of nuclear weapons and prompt other nations to develop nuclear weapons to deter U.S. attack. This repor…
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Date:
August 2, 2005
Creator:
Medalia, Jonathan
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