Alex Wellerstein on Twitter: "I heard today that the total number of employees involved in the operation of the US nuclear arsenal is on the order of 160,000 people. Which presumably is mostly military personnel? For reference, peak of Manhattan Project was ~120,000 people."

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1. M. Kei‏ @kujakupoet Jan 22
  
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  Are they on furlough?
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1. Paul Guinnessy‏ @PaulGuinnessy Jan 22
  
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  Manhattan Project was only production though? Didn’t involve maintaining or deploying the device?
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1. Segmentata‏ @segmentata Jan 22
  
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  Does your Manhattan project number include military personnel?
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1. EK3‏ @EK14MeV Jan 23
  
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  Did the figure include the nuclear stewardship participation of the weapons laboratories?
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1. Charles Compton‏ @Charles_Compton Jan 24
  
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  Does that count all of the personnel involved in dual capable aircraft operations?
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