Nuclear Showdown in Nevada
The government will detonate a massive amount of conventional explosives to figure out the math on a tactical nuclear weapon--perhaps to be used on Iran, warns Air America host Randi Rhodes.
The government will detonate a massive amount of conventional explosives to figure out the math on a tactical nuclear weapon–perhaps to be used on Iran, warns Air America host Randi Rhodes.
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Randi joined Lou Dobbs yesterday and talked about the upcoming test in Nevada.
Rhodes: What do we do? If every single camera that’s available in the media — cable- wide, network-wide — is not in Nevada at the nuclear test site on June 2nd to watch 1.4 millions pounds of explosives be blown up so they can do the math and figure out how to make a tactical nuke, a smaller nuclear weapon that will represent that much firepower for Iran — if we don’t show America this mushroom cloud that will explode in Nevada on the 2nd of June, there is no hope for the American people, there is no hope for the media.
This year, we’re all on shaky ground, and the need for independent journalism has never been greater. A new administration is openly attacking free press — and the stakes couldn’t be higher.
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