Massive blast postponed until at least September (Divine Strake)

[NVMojo]

A non-nuclear explosion expected to cast the first mushroom cloud over the Nevada desert in decades won't happen at least until September, a government lawyer told a federal judge Friday.

The "Divine Strake" defense experiment "will not occur due to weather reasons during July or August," Justice Department lawyer Carolyn Blanco in Washington told U.S. District Judge Lloyd George in Las Vegas during a hearing by telephone. "We have agreed at this hearing to provide notice to the court and plaintiff if this test is authorized to proceed."

Officials at the National Nuclear Security Administration and the federal Defense Threat Reduction Agency have cited concerns that summer lightning could detonate 700 tons of explosive ammonium nitrate and fuel oil slurry the government plans to pour into a huge pit for the blast.

Robert Hager, a lawyer representing the Winnemucca Indian Colony and Utah and Nevada "downwinders" who earlier persuaded the judge to temporarily postpone the experiment, worried the government might reschedule the blast and provide short notice before going ahead.

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http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jun-17-Sat-2006/news/8013190.html

[Freedom_from_Chains]

1. So, we are planning on flexing our muscle again

to put the Chinese and Russians on notice. Great.