But special-effects weapons are much harder to come by.

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After all, DNA is charged with assuring that the effects of nuclear weapons on conventional military hardware and equipment are properly understood and factored into designs and operational practices.

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The Army developed a series of missile defense schemes over the following two decades with names like Nike-Zeus, Sentinel and Safeguard, but they all ran into fundamental design challenges caused by the fearsome effects of nuclear weapons.

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