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# The Nth Country Experiment and Coincident Vulnerability Discovery
- URL: https://cje.io/2020/09/01/the-nth-country-experiment-and-vulnerability-discovery/
- Published: 2020-09-01T04:27:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-02-09T01:15:10.000Z
- Author: Casey Ellis
- Tags: Security, Learn

[Nth Country Experiment - Nuclear MuseumCould any country with the right knowledge and technology build a nuclear bomb? From May 1964 to April 1967, the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (the predecessor to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) set out to answer this question. The Laboratory hired three physicists who only…![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ec/8a/ec8abb38-39b9-4422-95b9-695b2a5e652e/content/images/icon/logo-nuc-home-e1659387198319.png)Nuclear Museum![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ec/8a/ec8abb38-39b9-4422-95b9-695b2a5e652e/content/images/thumbnail/Lawrence-20Radiation-20Laboratory-20Nth-20Country-20Experiment.png)](https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/nth-country-experiment/?ref=cje.io)

Interesting food for thought when applied to coincident vulnerability discovery. Especially for highly impactful bugs...