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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Nuclear weapons testing sites in US, China and Russia have all been newly expanded - as expert says it 'hints' the countries could resume detonations
2023-09-23
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Analysis of satellite imagery shows test site expansion in all three countries

  • There is no evidence of an imminent nuclear test planned at any of the sites

  • But the development worries nonproliferation experts who fear a new arms race

Satellite images shared with DailyMail.com on Friday show significant construction in recent years at the Nevada National Security Site near Area 51 in the US, China's Lop Nur test site, and Russia's atomic proving ground Novaya Zemlya.
Posted by:Skidmark

#1  Everybody's (except perhaps China) nukes are getting older. A lot of the engineering of the actual 'pits' that do the detonating is based on assumptions, and half life vs enrichment purity has become a statisical issue.
If you spend a billion dollars on it and it maybe doesn't go bang at the right moment, you'd have been better off burning the money for heat.
In the US, they're setting up to try to make actual new pits for the first time in almost 50 years, that's how long we've been recycling the old pieces.
Posted by: ed in texas   2023-09-23 08:40  

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