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Facility. some have mail terry or law enforcement background. others do not. they wear bulletproof vests and they train for heavy contact. >> we're testing their ability to operate the weapons and communicate and resolve those problems. the weapons themselves function exactly like the real ones. >> reporter: here is why it is important. since the 1970s this is the only facility in the u.s. to build and dsassemble nuclear weapons. it sits on 18,000 acrers just outside of amarillo. all the cold war weapons will eventually end up here. they test active weapons. take them apart, put them back toge...

Disassemble nuclear weapons. take a look. we have video of the exterior. it sits on 18,000 acres again up in the texas panhandle so it is massive. when a nuclear clear weapon is retired it must be completely disassembled. we didn't have access to the weapons for security and safety reasons. the weapons are complex with thousands of individual parts that must be completely ripped apart. listen here. >> a lot of it is literally we're sledding parts or segregates parts so they can't be put back together. there is classification associated with the part, makes it so unrecognizeable from a classifi...