Where's your nearest Nuke? The map that shows where USA's 5,000 Nukes are AND.....

In 2009, President Obama spoke of his hopes to rid the world of nuclear weapons - but clearly progress has been painfully slow since then. There are currently 5,113 atomic warheads scattered across America and on U.S. submarines around ther world.

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The Cold War may have ended a generation ago, but a fascinating new map put together by Mother Jones magazine, shows exactly where highly radioactive nuclear material is situated on mainland America.

According to The Lookout blog, watchdog groups believe the archaic system for making and storing weapons in the U.S. is both dangerous and expensive. Mother Jones notes that the country is telling the rest of the world that it is on the road to disarmament. At the same time the U.S. is spending more on the nuclear weapons complex than we did during the Cold War.

The magazine reports that the 5,113 figure does not include 'zombie' nukes that are kept in reserve and more than 3,000 warheads awaiting dismantlement. The map was produced completely with unclassified, public information. As Mother Jones reports, even the military doesn't hide where it keeps its missiles and bombers.

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I can't post the pic of the map showing the indicators. Please see the main site source.

Well, I have to say I am somewhat surprised. Mostly because, according to the map, the actual nukes are only located in a few sites. I would think they would have they spread out more.

But, more surprising is the amount of Nuke reactors near civilian populations. Just a matter of time before some bad-like in Japan, happens here-but much worse. Maybe the UFO/Aliens who allegedly keep on disrupting nuke weapons are doing us a favor.... (if you believe in those things)

Any of you know this info to be incorrect? I believe the Penn State Nuke reactor is NOT listed on here-for Pennsylvania. It appears to stop at 3 Mile island (coming eastward). Penn States reactor is located in N. Central PA-about another 3 hours drive north east. Maybe it isn't considered dangerous enough... ugh.

Checking on that now. Peace
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