On the radar: Threats subside, chance of provocation or negotiation; Nuclear guidance study still unfinished; Ban Ki-moon visits Pentagon; Diminishing role for nuclear weapons; Ratcheting down resolution’s rhetoric; and Seismic risk and Iran’s nuclear program;
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Although the United States has not tested a nuclear weapon for twenty years, we still spend billions each year on an array of machines that conduct all kinds of diagnostic experiments to mimic nuclear explosions. One of the most expensive is called the National Ignition Facility (NIF). Read more »
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