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How I Dismantled the World's Deadliest Weapon

Posted February 21, 2012 12:48 PM

From Discover Technology:

In October Sandia National Laboratories engineer Phil Hoover dismantled the U.S. arsenal's last B53, a 9-megaton bomb 600 times as powerful as the one dropped on Hiroshima. Hoover talked to DISCOVER about taking apart America's most powerful weapon.

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Re: How I Dismantled the World's Deadliest Weapon

02/22/2012 7:59 AM

So his story is: I showed up for work that day.

I was expecting a story with a bit more... story... to it.

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