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Nuclear war: the safety paradox

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In the second of a series of articles, Geoff Brumfiel looks at whether certain nuclear-weapons technology should be shared.

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Brumfiel, G. Nuclear war: the safety paradox. Nature 451, 230–231 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451230a

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