Bombs at the Threshold
Jorma
K. Meittinen, in Bulletin of the Atomic
Threshold Scientists, (Sept. 1977), 1020 E. 58th St., Chicago, 111. 60637.
Congress is currently debating development of a new, more sophisti- cated weapon, the enhanced-radiation, or "neutron," bomb. The prin- cipal difference between this nuclear weapon and others is its capacity to deal a lethal blow to enemy troops while greatly limiting damage to buildings and roads in the area of the blast.
The mechanics of the weapon are straightforward,...