Sandia shoots (dud) nuke out of a cannon

Earlier this year Sandia National Laboratories fired a nuclear warhead out of a cannon in New Mexico. The reason you didn't hear an earth-shattering kaboom is because it was an inactive weapon that was fired into a tank of water as part of a federal program to improve the longevity and effectiveness of US nuclear stockpile... Continue Reading Sandia shoots (dud) nuke out of a cannon

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• Nuclear weapons

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