October 2024

Nuclear Weapons 873 - In South Carolina Federal Court Activists Are Challenging A Deal Regarding Plutonium Pit Manfacture

     South Carolina's Savannah River and New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory are manufacturing plutonium pits for use in nuclear weapons. Hollow, globe-shaped plutonium pits are placed at the core of nuclear warheads. Plutonium is one of the two key ingredients used to manufacture nuclear weapons, along with highly enriched uranium.

Nuclear Weapons 872 - The New Nuclear Arms Race - Part 3 of 3 Parts

Part 3 of 3 Parts (Please read Parts 1 and 2 first)
     Despite the impossibility of even Russia's and China's combined nuclear forces launching a successful first strike which would knock out the United States' ability to cause catastrophic damage in response, the U.S. might be headed for increases in its nuclear forces.

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