The cause

The apparently rapid decline of LANL does not seem to be caused by LANS or NNSA. These two organizations are just the bottom feeders that arrived after the cause occurred.

The cause, routinely seen in companies, seems to be that LANL stubbornly remained a one product organization even though demand for the product was disappearing.

The death of an organization when its single product becomes less in demand is common:

1. Hula hoops
2. Western movies
3. Computer punch cards
4. Bustles
5. Buggy whips
6. Abaci
7. Girdles
8. Black powder
9. The red stones that cap monuments on Easter Island
10. Corn whiskey made in individual stills
11. Logging in Montana
12. and many others

The cause for Los Alamos appears to be the decreasing felt need for new nuclear weapons. This cause apparently was coupled with the standard pointless infighting that occurred in each of the examples listed above. The infighting usually serves to cement the collapse.