The United States continues to invest billions of dollars in advancing nuclear weapons science (NIF,ASCI,LEP). A critical detonation of a weapon is unnecessary.

The United States continues to invest billions of dollars in advancing nuclear weapons science (NIF,ASCI,LEP). A critical detonation of a weapon is unnecessary. There is plenty of useful data available from a long-term program such as NIF, which DOE uses to refine physical simulations of weapons phenomena.