Word: weaponeering
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...plans have their own detractors, including nuclear scientist and Pentagon adviser Sidney Drell, who says even a tiny 1-kiloton weapon exploding 50 ft. deep in rock would spew radioactivity across a wide swath of the planet. Arms-control advocates worry that possessing smaller and more precise nuclear weapons would scuttle efforts to stop worldwide proliferation. Said Senator Dianne Feinstein last week: "This Administration seems to be moving toward a military posture in which nuclear weapons are considered just like other weapons." --By Mark Thompson
...only oppose the euro but hanker to pull out of the E.U. altogether, deaf not only to British interests but also to the popular will. But now the Tories are starting to hit back with charges that it's Blair who is out of touch and undemocratic. Their weapon: the constitution now emerging from the European Convention. It's still being negotiated, but it's highly likely to boost Brussels' powers at the expense of member countries - a deeply unpopular proposition in the U.K. Unlike the euro, Blair insists he won't put the new constitution up for a national...
...does America need new nukes? The Administration argues that the current arsenal consists largely of mammoth city-blasters that can't burrow underground where U.S. officials believe nations such as Iran and North Korea are assembling their own weapons of mass destruction. Moreover, Pentagon officials say, this arsenal is no longer an effective deterrent. Washington's enemies, they contend, calculate that the U.S. won't use its existing nuclear weapons because of the widespread carnage they would cause. But the new plans have their own detractors. They include nuclear scientist and Pentagon adviser Sidney Drell, who says that even...
...developed a theoretical compound that could act as a protease inhibitor. By searching for compounds with a similar chemical structure, they quickly found an existing cold drug called AG7088, developed but never marketed by the drug company Pfizer, that might similarly interdict the coronavirus? protease?giving researchers a potential weapon against SARS. ?The compound itself will probably not be used for a drug to treat SARS,? said Dr. Hilgenfeld. ?But it is a very good starting point for designing drugs that fit better...
...first surprise came when he found the force, still colloquially known as “Yard Cops,” carried a motley assortment of mostly useless side-arms, and that none of them had ever fired their weapon...