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We don’t have to ‘go nuclear’ to crack Saddam’s Bunkers SUMMARY: Michael Levi, the director of the strategic security program at the Federation of American Scientists, and Theresa Hitchens, the Vice President of the Center for Defense Information offer three alternatives to nuclear warfare in order to crack Saddam’s underground bunkers. They have decided that executive officials feel they must choose the lesser of two evils; in this case choose between a nuclear strike on these bunkers and standing aside. Levi and Hitchens say that is “simply not necessary” and offer their substitute choices. Command and Control bunkers, like those belonging to Saddam, are equipped with vulnerable, aboveground communications stations. By striking these stations Levi and Hitchens say we can render their belowground bunkers useless. In addition, “precision weapons could be used to seal these facilities, and thermo baric vacuum bombs that kill the occupants.” A second useful tactic they offered is the consideration of a penetrating weapon already in use by the U.S. arsenal called BLU-116. A “smart fuse” is in development that will “allow the warhead to detonate at a very precise depth,” escalating it’s efficiency on b