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Do you mind linking the photo you mentioned? I’d love to see it if you are able to find it

It's in the TFA, there a photo of a fellow holding a small box thing that looks like a battery from a car or an old box torch.

I saw that but not a picture of the plutonium core which I thought the OP was referring to

That’s the one I meant. It’s the core, but in a box, which makes it look even more innocuous, like he is indeed just lugging a piece of industrial equipment around. There’s lots of photos of the actual (unboxed) cores online if you search.

On flight WiFi so searching was a hard but I did find it. Thanks!

>makes it look even more innocuous, like he is indeed just lugging a piece of industrial equipment around

if i remember correctly what i read it was done intentionally for security reasons - instead of all the pomp-and-circumstance of a large strong security convoy the core was delivered by a driver in a simple inconspicuous truck.

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