The National Nuclear Security Admin (NNSA) handles the secure transportation of nuclear materials, including the nation’s 3700+ nuclear weapons. Many of the staff fired were highly trained scientists, engineers and program managers/analysts. According to an expert at the non-profit Nuclear Threat Initiative, The NNSA “has emerged as an example of how the Trump administration’s cuts, touted as a cure-all for supposed government extravagance and corruption, are threatening the muscle and bone of operations that involve national security or other missions at the very heart of the federal government’s responsibilities