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Apr 29, 2024 · A US Nuclear Target Map highlights possible targets and safe areas, aiding emergency planning by showing where attacks may occur and locations less likely to be directly affected.
May 14, 2024 · Plutonium: 87.7 tons. Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU): 472 tons. Commitments and Policies. Disarmament and Commitments to Reduce Arsenal Size. Legal obligation to pursue global disarmament under Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
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The most safe areas in the US in a nuclear war include the upper Midwest, Maine, West Texas, and multiple small pockets, usually in areas that don’t have large populations. The most unsafe areas include most of the East Coast and anywhere near a major city, a key infrastructure location, or military installation.
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4 days ago · The U.S. needs all three legs of its nuclear triad, including land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, air-launched cruise missiles and its sea-based weapons to guarantee a second-strike
23 hours ago · In a move that caught many by surprise, the U.S. Defense Department has announced the development of a new variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, dubbed the B61-13, signaling a continued ...
4 days ago · Born in the midst of Cold War secrecy, the Savannah River Site (SRS) has always operated safely and efficiently to execute its missions. During the Cold War, it produced one third of the nation’s weapons-grade plutonium and all of the nation’s tritium—both integral components of nuclear weapons. When the Cold War ended, the United States ...
4 days ago · Federal government of the United States. The Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ), nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the US from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons. The concept was announced in 1983, by President Ronald Reagan, [1] a critic of the doctrine of mutual assured ...
