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United States: System to Help Determine When Nuclear Force Is Needed The U.S. Defense Department has initiated a program to develop computers that would help determine when nuclear weapons should be used against underground bunkers, the Los Angeles Times reported today (see GSN, Jan. 31). The program would develop computers that would calculate the structure of an underground target and determine the amount of weaponry needed to destroy it, according to Pentagon documents. The system, which is also slated to include human experts, would then determine whether a nuclear weapon is needed to destroy the target and how much collateral damage that explosion would cause, the Times reported, citing Pentagon documents. Defense and White House officials declined to comment on the program, which is slated to cost $1.26 billion (Richard Cooper, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 3).
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