Key lawmaker still not sold on nuclear penetrator
A key U.S. lawmaker said Feb. 3 that he remains unconvinced that the American military needs the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator (RNEP), despite a recent push by RNEP proponents to revive work on the bunker-buster weapon. "Neither the Department of Defense nor the Department of Energy has ever...
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