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During the Cold War, the superpowers signed a number of arms control agreements that helped build trust and limit the scope of their competition. Generally, they agreed to ban nuclear weapons from...
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Uranium is one of the most dangerous substances on Earth. In its natural state, it’s only mildly radioactive. But processed, enriched, and positioned in a nuclear warhead, it has the potential to...
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The world is understandably concerned about North Korea’s growing nuclear capabilities and Iran’s on-again, off-again progress toward its own bomb. But few people realize that quite a few...
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Our imagination could not encompass the situation which would result from an attack on this country involving the explosion of 2,000 megatons….War no longer has any logic whatsoever. –Dwight...
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75 years ago this month, the Soviet Union successfully tested an atomic bomb. This was the beginning of an international arms race that today has 9 countries wielding enough nuclear firepower to make...
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During the Cold War, the United States spent over $10.9 trillion on nuclear weapons. This includes the weapons themselves, the platforms and delivery vehicles (such as aircraft, rockets, and...
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On July 17, 1945, a day after the U.S. tested the first atomic bomb, dozens of scientists involved with the Manhattan Project – which developed the world’s first nuclear weapons during World War...
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No sooner had World War II ended, then another conflict began. This was the Cold War – an ideological battle between the United States and the Soviet Union and its allies that would last roughly 45...
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As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, one concern has been the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Recent reports indicate that Russia has been moving nuclear weapons into Belarus, a move that...
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