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US underground nuclear weapons stockpile testing underway

RENO, Nevada (AP) โ€“ The US will start shipping key components to Nevada’s desert next year to prepare for underground testing they call “tickling the dragon’s tail”, said scientists charged with ensuring the efficacy of ageing US stockpile of nuclear weapons. Experts at national defence laboratories haven’t been able to physically validate the effectiveness and […]
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underground testing: US moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosions

As early as 2027, the $1.8 billion Scorpius project will make it possible to move beyond theoretical computer modelling to study in much more detail the conditions found inside the final stages of a nuclear weapon implosion but without the nuclear explosion, said Jon Custer, the Sandia project lead in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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US moves closer to underground testing of nuclear weapons stockpile without any actual explosions – Metro US

RENO, Nev. (AP) โ€” Scientists charged with ensuring the aging U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go โ€” if needed โ€” say they’ll start shipping key components to Nevada’s desert next year to prepare for underground testing they call โ€œtickling the dragon’s tail.โ€ Experts at national defense laboratories haven’t been able to physically […]
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