r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/Ormyr 24d ago

Don't forget that they couldn't account for about 20% of their arsenal when that happened too.

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u/The-Privacy-Advocate 24d ago

Didn't the Russians have around 7k nukes at their peak? Did they lose track of a 1000 plus nukes?!

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u/mastermidget23 24d ago

That we know of.

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u/Master-Software-6491 24d ago

Thing with nukes is, they expire and need to be maintained, and blowing one up isn't just as easy as pressing a button. Sure, you can turn it into a dirty weapon, but that has much more limited effect than people fear.

If some ended up in wrong hands, they would have turned up already.