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Inside secret US lab where US will begin testing nukes again

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The US has not conducted a real-world test of a nuclear bomb since 1992 .

Officials with the US National Nuclear Security Administration say America may soon have no choice but to restart their weapons testing programs.

After decades of declining nuclear stockpiles, the NNSA sees a real possibility that more countries around the world - including India , Pakistan , and North Korea - are preparing to enter a nuclear arms race.

The $2 billion Scorpius machine takes a series of X-ray images of the plutonium as a shockwave from a non-nuclear explosion passes through it.

This process tests the aging of a bomb's plutonium core and helps the team to upgrade America 's current nuclear arms, if necessary.

Experts say the US is walking a very fine line on this topic.

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