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Former nuclear bomb developers need jobs too. When the Iron
Curtain fell, I wonder if all the scientists who were working on nuclear bombs and biological weapons felt their
job security go out the window. Without delving too deeply into the irony of it, it’s worth noting that GM
has a plan for finding new jobs for those scientists.
General Motors announced today that it will build a Russian technology center to help cut costs on the development
of new cars and trucks. The company is hopping on a program that pays scientists to abandon weapons programs for
peaceful projects — further globalizing GM’s engineering corps.