Advisers Urge Boosting Nuclear Weapons-Related Work Across USAF, DOD

By Sebastian Sprenger / October 16, 2008 at 5:00 AM
Air Force leaders should consider establishing a laboratory dedicated to the study of nuclear weapons, their effects and delivery systems akin to the now-defunct Air Force Weapons Laboratory, according to a new report by a group of Pentagon advisers. The recommendation is one of dozens of options laid out by members of the influential Defense Science Board in the report, aimed at breathing new life into the government's atomic weapons apparatus. The report calls on Air Force and Navy leaders...

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