Inside the delicate art of maintaining America's aging nuclear weapons

20-9-2023 Tech Washington Times - Tech 40

In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S. government technicians refurbish the nation's nuclear warheads. The job is exacting: Each warhead has thousands of springs, gears and copper contacts that must work in conjunction to set off a nuclear explosion.

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