See How the U.S. Government Transports Its Nuclear Weapons

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If you don’t work for the U.S. government, you’ve likely never seen the inside of one of its nuclear facilities. But that doesn’t mean you haven’t come within spitting distance of a nuclear warhead. The Office of Secure Transportation (OST) is constantly shuttling these weapons across the country, which means you may have passed one on the highway without even realizing it.
In this new video, the YouTube channel Half as Interesting explains how the government transports its nuclear devices safely and discreetly. Moving a volatile weapon across state lines is a surprisingly common occurrence in the U.S. Plutonium degrades over time, so nuclear bombs have to be regularly tested and maintained, even if there are no plans to use them in the immediate future. This requires moving them to different facilities that are sometimes thousands of miles apart.