The U.S. government is expected to spend $946 billion between 2025-2034 to sustain, operate and modernize its nuclear stockpile. But residents in New Mexico who were exposed to fallout from the Trinity test 81 years ago say there’s a hidden cost of nuclear deterrence.
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Video chapters:
0:00 Teaser
0:39 Introduction
03:36 Nuclear ambitions in the Land of Enchantment
05:41 Plutonium Pits, the nuclear trigger
12:11 Downwinders and their fight for justice
18:26 Radioactive rocks and nuclear colonialism
27:24 Trust broken 81 years ago
The US is spending billions to upgrade its nuclear weapons. Activists in New Mexico are worried.
