Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
April 2023 - United States Special Weapons News
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- US Resumes Large-Scale Production of Plutonium Pits for Nukes Sputnik 27 Apr 2023 -- During the Cold War, the US produced thousands of "plutonium pit" detonators at the Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado. Production halted in 1989 after the FBI and the EPA uncovered massive violations of environmental regulations. A small handful of pits has since been produced at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
- Minuteman III test launch showcases readiness of US nuclear force's safe, effective deterrent US Air Force 19 Apr 2023 -- A joint team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen and Navy aircrew launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with one test re-entry vehicle from aboard the Airborne Launch Control System April 19 at 5:11 a.m. Pacific Time from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.
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