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Tuesday, 25 October 2011
The end of an era, Obama Administration dismantling the last B53, our biggest atomic bomb
Our nuclear arsenal will get significantly smaller today when the last B53 nuclear bomb is dismantled by the Department of Energy.
The last of the United States' most powerful nuclear bombs — a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima — is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.
The final components of the B53 bomb will be broken down Tuesday at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas, the nation's only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly facility. The completion of the dismantling program is a year ahead of schedule, according to the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, and aligns with President Barack Obama's goal of reducing the number of nuclear weapons.
First put into service in 1962, when Cold War tensions peaked during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the B53 weighed 10,000 pounds and was the size of a minivan.
The B53 was designed to destroy facilities deep underground, and it was carried by B-52 bombers.
I suppose the peaceniks will say that we're "safer" now. On the other hand,
isn't there a hostile nation with a facility "deep underground" that's the
cause of much consternation as of late? And isn't that nation led by an
apocalyptic madman hell-bent on initiating a nuclear war? Wouldn't we want
some kind of credible deterrent at the ready, and maybe a surefire way to send
their holy warriors off to meet Allah before they go and get all jihadi on
us?
Personally I think that we're about to be caught with our pants down, and there won't be anything left in reserve to save our sorry asses.
Then there's this:
Since it was made using older technology by engineers who have since retired or died, developing a disassembly process took time. Engineers had to develop complex tools and new procedures to ensure safety.
When it comes to how to make these things, we forgot. How's that for planning ahead? We can take it apart, but like Humpty Dumpty all the King's horses and all the King's men can't put the B53 back together again.
Sure, I feel much safer now.
Posted at 09:50 by Chris Wysocki
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