Monday, May 17, 2010
Everything you wanted to know about the bomb but were afraid to ask
50 Facts About U.S. Nuclear Weapons
36. Number of U.S. nuclear tests in Nevada: 911
Natural Resources Defense Council, Nuclear Weapons Databook Project
44. Number of U.S. nuclear bombs lost in accidents and never recovered: 11
U.S. Department of Defense; Center for Defense Information; Greenpeace; "Lost Bombs," Atwood-Keeney Productions, Inc., 1997
50. Estimated 1998 spending on all U.S. nuclear weapons and weapons-related programs: $35,100,000,000
Link to article:
http://www.brookings.edu/projects/archive/nucweapons/50.aspx
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