Defusing Armageddon: Inside NEST, America's Secret Nuclear Bomb Squad

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Recorded26 Mar 2009

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Relying on recently declassified documents, Richelson--Senior Fellow with the National Security Archive--reveals how NEST operated during the Cold War, how the agency has evolved, and its current efforts to reduce the chance of a nuclear device decimating an American city.

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