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Trump Policy Spotlights San Diego’s Nuclear Past

The Trump administration wants to boost the number of U.S. nuclear weapons. At one time, California had one of the highest concentrations of nuclear weapons in the country. The Trump administration wants to add smaller tactical nuclear weapons, as part of the recently released Nuclear Posture Review. The plan reverses a trend started at the end of the Cold War to shrink the number of weapons and sites where they are stored. America’s nuclear arsenal is surprisingly easy to locate — using Google Earth. Hans Christensen, a nuclear weapons expert with the Federation of American Scientists, knows the handful of locations by heart. Using Google Earth, Christensen can give a desktop tour of where the U.S. keeps its current weapons. During the Cold War, B-52 Stratofortress bombers housed at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota were on high alert. “At the southeast end of the runway, you can see a pattern of parking spaces that sort of looks like a Christmas tree,” Christensen said. “That
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