AOL News is joining forces with The Huffington Post to bring you the best original reporting, insight and opinion on the web. Join HuffPost Social News using your AOL account!

PromptGlobalStrike News

PromptGlobalStrike News From AOL News

5 Ways to Kill Osama Bin Laden in 2 Hours or Less

By Sharon WeinbergerApr 23rd 2010 – 5:13PM
U.S. Air Force

U.S. Air Force

(April 23) -- A concerted push to downsize the nation's nuclear arsenal is making long-range conventional strike weapons a hot topic. These Prompt Global Strike weapons are "designed to carry out tasks like picking off Osama bin Laden in a cave, if the right one could be found; taking out a North Korean missile while it...

Boeing Proposes Missile With Global Reach

By Sharon WeinbergerMar 18th 2010 – 8:13PM
Missile Defense Agency / AP

Missile Defense Agency / AP

(March 18) -- For nearly a decade, the Pentagon has grappled with finding a way to field a weapon with the speed and range of an intercontinental ballistic missile, but without the political ramifications of launching a nuke. Now Boeing says it has the answer: a revived 1980s-era hypersonic missile that could strike...

Background on PromptGlobalStrike

more at wikipedia ยป