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philipkglasstoday at 3:39 PM1 replyview on HN

Switzerland has several operating nuclear reactors:

https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/CountryDetails....

Switzerland also studied nuclear weapons production until 1988:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland_and_weapons_of_mas...

If the Swiss thought it was in the national interest to exit the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and crash-develop a nuclear deterrent, I think that they could achieve nuclear breakout quickly.


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JumpCrisscrosstoday at 9:03 PM

Having people skilled in running versus building.