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		noduerme 32 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Willis Whitfield: Creator of clean room technology... Is there a vague idea of what percentage of each country's nuclear arsenal would be duds? Prior to or after clean rooms got cleaner?

mikkupikku 32 days ago [–]

Too few to make a difference, the US and USSR built and designated additional bombs and missiles to targets to account for anticipated failure rates.

noduerme 27 days ago | [–]

I'm more just curious as to how much difference this made in the failure rate.

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