Replacement warhead may not be so “reliable”
October 2nd, 2007 by Rebecca Griffin from Groundswell Blog, from Peace Action West » Nuclear WeaponsThe JASON Defense Advisory group recently issued a report saying that more work needs to be done on the Reliable Replacement Warhead in order to show that it is, in fact, reliable, short of conducting underground nuclear tests:
"Certification is not yet assured," said an unclassified summary of the JASON report, which also raised concerns about a plan to use new technology to make a stolen bomb useless should terrorists steal it. The report asked for an "improved physical understanding" of how the new system would work.
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