Tag(s): ; ; ; ; ; ;
Add to My Group
     
View Article Stats      (3 comments)

DARPA's Biggest Boondoggle -- the 'Nuclear Hand Grenade'

Quicklink submitted by Russ Wellen
(Add your own quicklinks easily with the
OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark)


Tell A Friend
SAVE AS FAVORITE
VIEW FAVORITES
FACEBOOK
submit to twitter
submit to reddit
submit to stumble upon

View Ratings | Rate It

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists reports on one of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's follies, the ultra-micro hafnium bomb. It reveals how junk scientists gain the ears of national security officials too scared to ignore any idea, no matter how wacky, because the enemy may be working on it.

Read the rest of the story HERE:


 

Comments

The time limit for entering new comments on this Quicklink has expired.

This limit can be removed. Our paid membership program is designed to give you many benefits, such as removing this time limit. To learn more, please click here.

Comments: Expand   Shrink   Hide  
3 comments
To view all comments:
Expand Comments
(Or you can set your preferences to show all comments, always)

I just lob 'em right back at 'em. by Blue Whistler on Wednesday, Nov 22, 2006 at 4:52:51 PM
History's first cocktail umbrellas would glow in the dark by beelza bubb on Thursday, Nov 23, 2006 at 3:56:50 PM
A boondoggle alright, but hardly the biggest.... by mhenriday on Sunday, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:54:46 AM