U.S. Drops Plan for Nuclear Bunker-Buster

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. Drops Plan for Nuclear Bunker-Buster
By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

(10-26) 00:42 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) --

The Bush administration is abandoning its push to develop a "bunker-buster" nuclear warhead and instead will pursue a conventional weapon that can penetrate hardened underground targets.

Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., said Tuesday that lawmakers had agreed drop funding for the proposed nuclear bunker-buster from the Energy Department's budget for the 12 months beginning Oct 1. He said the Energy Department had requested the move because it no longer planned to pursue a nuclear bunker-buster.

The decision was hailed by opponents of new nuclear weapons.

Development of such a warhead has been the subject of intense debate in Congress for several years, although lawmakers have been cool to the proposal.
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