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ICBM EAR Report for December 20th

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ICBM EAR Report for December 20th

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Summary Report for ICBM EAR Report of December 20, 2024 The EAR Report is a must read for National security professionals to stay informed about rapidly evolving global threats and…

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ICBM EAR Report December 8th

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ICBM EAR Report December 8th

Peter Huessy0 Comments

Executive Summary: Week of December 8, 2024 This report asserts that the United States is at a critical inflection point in global security, facing mounting threats from an increasingly assertive…

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Plutonium-239 and Its Relationship with Uranium-235 in Thermonuclear Weapons

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Plutonium-239 and Its Relationship with Uranium-235 in Thermonuclear Weapons

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Plutonium-239 has an important relationship with uranium-235 when it comes to nuclear weapons. Let me explain. With the symbol Pu on the Periodic Table, plutonium is an element with an…

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