Divine Strake by Xiuhcoatl
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Divine Strake A "bunker-busting" bomb that will be detonated this June in the Nevada desert.
The bomb, which despite government claims is anything but conventional, is compacted with 700 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. To give a broad idea of its power, Divine Strake packs six times the power of the largest conventional weapon in the U.S. arsenal. It's so big that there is no conventional way to deliver it - it won't fit on any plane. Its explosive impact is expected to create a shock wave equivalent to a moderate earthquake - from 3.1 to 3.4 on the Richter scale - a blast that could stir up radioactive dust and debris still present from atomic testing in the 1950s and 60s. The explosion will take place only 1.1 miles from previous nuclear tests.
In March, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ruled that the Shoshone Indians were the rightful owners of the land where the bomb testing is to be held. They ordered Washington to discontinue Divine Strake. The Bush administration has ignored the UN's decision.
The administration developed Divine Strake after Congress refused to fund nuclear-tipped bunker-busting bombs proposed by the Pentagon. The purpose is to simulate a "low-yield nuclear weapon ground shock" to find the lowest nuclear yield required to destroy the "carefully chosen" targets that "simulate the characteristics of important potential global adversaries" - specifically, Iran's underground uranium enrichment facilities.
Shoshone Elder Corbin Harney said, "The Western Shoshone Nation made a treaty with the U.S. Government. I do not approve of any kind of bomb being detonated in or on Western Shoshone lands. Let's not let this continue. We must think of younger generations. We only have one earth that we live on, one water we drink and one air we breathe." clip..
See also: http://www.wsdp.org/
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