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Monday, January 05, 2004


It's good to hear that PanTex is "shifting focus" to keep up with the busy pace of disarmament.
"We estimate that from 1945 to 1990, the United States produced at several sites approximately 70,000 nuclear weapons of approximately 70 types for more than 120 weapons systems," the article says.

The article estimates that in 1959 and 1960, the United States churned out 28 warheads each work day.

"By 1967, the stockpile reached a historic high with approximately 32,000 warheads of 30 different types, from sub-kiloton land mines (atomic munitions) to multi-megaton strategic bombs," the article states.
70,000 nuclear weapons? I guess 80,000 would just seem silly, wouldn't it? Good to see the Fed is looking out for our best interests.



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