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Washington To Keep Nuclear Stockpile Size Classified

April 19 2019

USA

The U.S. government has stopped the practice of disclosing the size of its nuclear weapons stockpile, according to a press release from the Federation of American Scientists.

In an April 5 letter, the Dept. of Energy declined to provide 2018 nuclear stockpile numbers in response to a request submitted by the Federation of American Scientists.

“After careful consideration … it was determined that the requested information cannot be declassified at this time,” said a departmental...

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