August 27, 2006
Non-Nuclear ICBMs May Target Terrorists
The Pentagon is considering a plan to replace nuclear warheads on some intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) with conventional weapons for pre-emptive strikes against terrorists, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said.
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We don't know how the world is going to evolve but we do know that there are terrorist networks in the world and they are already using missiles. We just saw what Hizbollah did, firing some 4,000 missiles into Israel," Rumsfeld said.
press release | The Age
~It would be much easier and cheaper to fight terrorists and punish those who shield them with ICBMs than with soldiers on the ground like in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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