LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY EST. 1943

Laboratory research in the field of safety and reliability of the nuclear weapons stockpile, preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction and protection homeland from terrorist attack; research in the field of intelligence and security, namely, developing technologies to protect against international threats, namely, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and offshoots such as dirty bombs, chemical and biological agents, information terrorism and computer infiltration, and attacks on critical infrastructure