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...they were capable of causing thousands of casualties. "It would have been awful," says Matthew Meselson, a germ-warfare expert at Harvard University. For example, botulinum toxin kills by interfering with the nervous system and ultimately paralyzing the respiratory muscles. The Pentagon estimated that just one Scud missile warhead filled with the toxin could contaminate...
...into the arms manufacturer's supply network, take the stuff off-line briefly, insert the bug, then let it go to the country," explained a CIA source who specializes in information technology. "When the weapons system goes into a hostile situation, everything about it seems to work, but the warhead doesn't explode...
...acceptable development." Perry, who spent today surveying the disputed Golan Heights as a prelude to a possible Israeli-Syrian peace agreement, said that while he believed it would probably take Iran up to 15 years to produce its own nuclear device, it might be able to buy a warhead on the black market now. Concerns over Iran's intentions were heightened on Sunday when Teheran's state-run television announced an $800 million deal with Russia to complete a half-built nuclear facility. Israeli officials have been pressing their concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions in talks with...
...nuclear settlement with North Korea when formal talks resume in Geneva two weeks from today. In Washington, chief U.S. negotiator Robert Gallucci dropped a demand that Pyongyang disclose every shred of information about its past nuclear activities so investigators could figure out whether it has stashed away a warhead, or a half-dozen of them. Instead, he said, the U.S. can attack that question after a basic agreement that would have North Korea drop its nuclear weapons program altogether, in exchange for a modern nuclear reactor and relations with the U.S. To get the diplomatic ball rolling, U.S. officials will...
What if one turns out to be on a collision course with Earth? Star Wars scientists think a nuclear warhead sent out to blow the comet off course might work, but others doubt it. Even if no one has a good answer yet, lawmakers have taken the first step: acknowledging that the threat is real...