It s up to young military troops and government technicians across the U.S. to care for the existing bombs, often through delicate maintenance performed by hand.
It s up to young military troops and government technicians across the U.S. to care for the existing bombs, often through delicate maintenance performed by hand.
Workers at facilities including Los Alamos, New Mexico , the birthplace of the atomic bomb, are actively in the process of refurbishing the nation s nuclear warheads.
In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Brandon Mendola, left, with the 90th munitions squadron at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyomi .
The U.S. will spend more than $750 billion over the next decade to overhaul nearly every part of its nuclear defenses and replace systems that in some cases are more