The Obama administration is considering deploying a new group of intercontinental ballistic weapons that could deliver large conventional warheads and reduce America's dependence on its nuclear arsenal.<br/><br/>Called "Prompt Global Strike", the new class of weapons would allow the United States to attack with conventional weapons targets across the globe.<br/><br/>According to a report Friday in The New York Times newspaper, the new weapons could carry out tasks like killing terrorist Osama bin Laden in a cave, destroying a North Korean missile as it is being transported to the launch pad, or demolishing an Iranian nuclear site – all without using nuclear bombs.<br/>
News On AIR | April 24, 2010 9:14 AM
"Prompt Global Strike", the new class of weapons for USA