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A central computer system monitors the heart rates of each patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) aboard the USNS Comfort, one of two hospital ships operated by Military Sealift Command. (US Navy photo)

How many intensive care beds will a nuclear weapon explosion require?

By Tom Sauer, Ramesh Thakur | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons