A Missile Strike Option We Need
By Harold Brown. He was secretary of defense from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. James Schlesinger was secretary of defense from 1973 to 1975 under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford (THE WASHINGTON POST, 22/05/06):
Imagine the following dilemma facing an American president one day in the future (when, we hope, our real-time intelligence will have reached a high degree of accuracy, precision and timeliness):
Within the past hour, a terrorist organization, known to have acquired several nuclear weapons, has been observed by a U.S. imaging system loading the weapons onto vehicles and preparing to leave for an unknown destination.… Seguir leyendo »