US nuclear weapons scientists are designing a warhead that is meant to be ‘reliable’ without ever having been tested. Geoff Brumfiel asks whether it could renew the United States' ageing stockpile.
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Brumfiel, G. The next nuke. Nature 442, 18–21 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/442018a
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