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Nuclear Quiz . . . . . sep 21 2003 — act10.dat

Here's a quiz item for you. See how you are at devining the answer to a geographic question from current political events. In what state of the United States are nuclear weapons given their final assembly?

Before we give you the link to the website of the company that assembles them, be aware that you will be reading this pop-up message (unless of course you have popups disabled on your browser)

"This web site is part of a Federal computer system used to accomplish Federal functions. The Department of Energy uses software programs to monitor this web site for security purposes to ensure it remains available to all users and to protect information in the system. By accessing this web site, you are expressly consenting to these monitoring activities.

"Unauthorized attempts to defeat or circumvent security features, to use the system for other than intended purposes, to deny service to authorized users, to access, obtain, alter, damage, or destroy information, or otherwise to interfere with the system or its operation is prohibited. Evidence of such acts may be disclosed to law enforcement authorities and result in criminal prosecution under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 and the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996, codified at section 1030 of Title 18 of the United States Code, or other applicable criminal laws."

That having been said, if you do visit the Pantex website, make sure you click on the privacy notice to read the accompanying privacy policy

If you guessed Texas for the quiz item, nice shooting!Pantex is located in Amarillo, Texas. Here is the Pantex mission statement.

At Work in the Fields of the Bomb [buy at amazon] by Robert Del Tredici

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