Left: Plutonium pit production estimates for 2014. Russia has the ability today to produce at least 1,000 plutonium pits per year for use in building their new nuclear weapons. The United States, in contrast, has only one plutonium pit facility—an … [Read more...] about Nuclear Vigor: Russia, China and Iran
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Russia’s Renewed Nuclear Threat – Part I
The end of the Cold War brought many changes including the unification of Germany, the expansion of democracy into Eastern Europe, and the integration of Russia into the global economy. It also removed the previous five-decades-long worry about a … [Read more...] about Russia’s Renewed Nuclear Threat – Part I