Author: Martin Pfeiffer

Welcome! ! I'm a PhD Candidate in Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. I study how we construct and circulate beliefs and values about, around, and through nuclear weapons. Better understanding how we make meaning about nuclear weapons can enable us to identify strategies for making our world safer and less doomsday prone. You can enable my work: https://www.patreon.com/nuclearanthro https://www.paypal.me/nuclearanthro

Nuclear Weapons Complex Contractor Evaluations Released

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You can enable my work:patreon.com/nuclearanthropaypal.me/nuclearanthro Note: edited to update links to include a link to the Los Alamos PER which was released to me by NNSA on 29 February 2024. Bottom Lines Up Front:The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) released to me—via a Freedom of Information Act request that I filed—the Performance Evaluation Reports for …

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Nuclear Yield of the Davy Crockett Weapon

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The nuclear yields of the large majority of USA nuclear weapons remain classified even when the warheads were retired and dismantled decades ago and even when releasing the information would seem to pose no plausibly articulated threated to USA national security. This practice is symptomatic and expressive of over-classification of nuclear weapons information in the …

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