A Nuclear Family Vacation

"In A Nuclear Family Vacation, husband-and-wife journalists Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger hit the open road to explore the world's nuclear facilities. Along the way, they answer the questions most nuclear tourists don't get to ask: Are nuclear weapons still on hairtrigger alert? Is there such a thing as a suitcase nuke? What is Iran really up to? Their itinerary takes them to top-secret locations, like the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan, epicenter of Soviet-era blasts, the United States' Kwajalein military outpost in the Marshall Islands, and "Site R," an isolated and heavily fortified bunker known as the Underground Pentagon, rumored to be Vice President Cheney's "undisclosed location" on 9/11. Their atomic road trip reveals a unique perspective on the history of weaponry as well as the current state of affairs, as governments around the world face the nuclear question in the age of terror." "Hodge and Weinberger unearth unknown - and oddly entertaining - stories about the nuclear world in this absorbing and engaging exploration of the world's vast nuclear infrastructure and the international politics at play behind it."--BOOK JACKET.Hodge, Nathan is the author of 'A Nuclear Family Vacation', published 2008 under ISBN 9781596913783 and ISBN 1596913789.