What maintenance do nuclear weapons actually need?
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March 21, 2012 at 6:54pm
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April 3, 2012 at 6:16pm · Just Curious
We hear about aging nuclear arsenals, and how Russia's was a mess, but I'm curious how, for lack of a better term, shelf stable nuclear weapons are. Can they sit around? Will they degrade? Do they require maintenance? What maintenance do nuclear weapons actually need?
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Answer by Tom Lindholtz
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March 21, 2012 at 9:40pm
At the very least, there is the problem of corrosion: of parts, of framework and cases, (in the case of missiles) in the electronics and silos, etc.
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