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Nukes in the Post-Cold War Era A View of the World from Inside the US Nuclear Weapons Program

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1422902· OSTI ID:1422902
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Why do we have nuclear weapons? What is in the US stockpile, how is it deployed and controlled, and how it has changed over the years? What is in the “nuclear weapons complex” and what does each lab and plant do? How do the DOE/NNSA Design Labs interact with the Intelligence Community? How does the US stockpile, NW complex, and NW policy compare with those of other countries? What is easy and hard about designing nuclear weapons?
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1422902
Report Number(s):
LA--UR-18-20950
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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