"Agrees to Strip Funding for 'Bunker Buster' in Energy and Water Conference"
The Union of Concerned Scientists are doing great work on rational, scientifically informed policy initiatives, as they announce victory of a broad coalition of scientists, policy experts, grass roots volunteers and members of congress on efforts to strip funding for the nuclear bunker buster.
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"This is a true victory for a more rational nuclear policy," said Stephen Young, Senior Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists' (UCS) Global Security Program. "The United States undercuts its own efforts to stop the spread of the bomb by pursuing new nuclear weapons for new 'war-fighting' missions."
"The proposed weapon, more than 70 times the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima, would have caused unparalleled death and destruction," said Rob Nelson, UCS' Senior Scientist. "The bunker buster would not have performed many of the missions for which its supporters claimed it was needed, while spreading intense nuclear fallout over thousands of square miles."
"This is an enormous achievement by a nation-wide coalition of grassroots groups, scientists, and policy experts combined with opposition from many leading members of Congress," Nelson continued. "Particular credit goes to Rep. David Hobson, Sen. Domenici's counterpart on the House side, who has been an outspoken opponent of the program."