http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?...MNGF9LJSMM1.DTL
<div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>(10-06) 04:00 PDT Washington -- A Pentagon project to modify its deadliest nuclear missile for use as a conventional weapon against targets such as North Korea and Iran could unwittingly spark an atomic war, two weapons experts warned Thursday.</div>
It's a non-nuclear ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) that fires from a nuclear submarine. Some experts fear that Russia could mistake the launch of one of these missiles as a nuclear attack against them. (because they're fired from nuclear subs) I thought the Cold War was over? :weird:
<div class='quotetop'></div><div class='quotemain'>(10-06) 04:00 PDT Washington -- A Pentagon project to modify its deadliest nuclear missile for use as a conventional weapon against targets such as North Korea and Iran could unwittingly spark an atomic war, two weapons experts warned Thursday.</div>
It's a non-nuclear ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) that fires from a nuclear submarine. Some experts fear that Russia could mistake the launch of one of these missiles as a nuclear attack against them. (because they're fired from nuclear subs) I thought the Cold War was over? :weird: