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We will bury you - the threat that led to the biggest nuclear bomb in history

In 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built. Known as Tsar Bomba, the explosion was over ...

The military once considered using balloons as nuclear weapons systems

During the Cold War the U.S. considered putting nuclear weapons on balloons and letting them float into enemy territory for a ...
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What happened when the US detonated a nuclear bomb in space

In 1962, the United States detonated a nuclear weapon in space during a Cold War experiment called Starfish Prime. The blast ...
NBC New York

Which countries have nuclear weapons and how are they tested? What to know

President Donald Trump's comments Thursday suggesting the United States will restart its testing of nuclear weapons upends decades of American policy in regards to the bomb, but come as Washington's ...
CNN

More than 2,000 nuclear weapons have been detonated in the past 80 years. Their effects still linger around the world

Growing up in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the 1950s and 60s, Mary Dickson was among the millions of American schoolchildren taught to “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear war. “I just remember ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Post-truth disasters: We’re not ready for nuclear war on social media

On the evening of August 4, 2020, a massive explosion rocked the Port of Beirut in Lebanon. The explosion happened as hundreds of cameras were already pointed at a burning warehouse, in which more ...