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RENO, NEVADA (AP) – Scientists charged with ensuring the ageing US stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go – if needed – say they’ll start shipping key components to Nevada’s desert next year to prepare for underground testing they call “tickling the dragon’s tail”. Experts at national defence laboratories haven’t been able to physically […]
America hasn't produced nuclear warheads since the 1980s. Sandia National Laboratories has helped develop a huge machine to test old weapons and validate future designs.
But it won't require any actual explosions.
But it won't require any actual explosions.
Scientists charged with ensuring the aging U.S. stockpile of nuclear weapons are good to go - if needed - say they'll start shipping key components to Nevada's desert next year to prepare for underground testing they call "tickling the dragon's tail."