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Nuclear bombs are the most serious looming threat in just about any major conflict. Learn what gives nuclear bombs such immense power and what the long-term dangers are. ... Nuclear bombs involve the forces, strong and weak, that hold the nucleus of an atom together, especially atoms with unstable nuclei. There are two...
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www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm/printable
www.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-bomb.htm/printable
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Nuclear weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of en...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks near the end of World War II against the Empire of Japan by the United States at the executive order of U.S. President Harry S. Tru...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
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Interactive feature from USA Today describing the workings of a "dirty bomb".
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www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/gdirtybomb/frame.htm
www.usatoday.com/graphics/news/gra/gdirtybomb/frame.htm
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Welcome to the Nuclear Files Website ... Explore the Nuclear Files Educator's section. Resources for the classroom and beyond. ... We’re constantly adding new information to Nuclear Files. Here are some of the latest additions:
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www.nuclearfiles.org/
www.nuclearfiles.org/
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Complete List of All U.S. Nuclear Weapons ... Implosion fission bomb; redesigned weapon based on Mk-III Mod 1; first IFI weapon; first assembly-line produced nuclear weapon; used type C and D pits, composite Pu-HEU cores; 3 mods ... Entered operational stockpile 5/52; last retired 1/63; 140 bombs (all mods) produced...
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nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Allbombs.html
nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Weapons/Allbombs.html
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In 1963, the United States, the USSR and Great Britain signed a treaty to stop the testing of nuclear bombs in the atmosphere, through they continued underground tests. Since then, various proposals have been made to try to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and end the expensive and dangerous "arms race".
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library.thinkquest.org/C005719/nuclear.htm
library.thinkquest.org/C005719/nuclear.htm
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A new book alleges that Beijing intentionally proliferated nuclear technology to risky regimes. ... Former U.S. Air Force Secretary Thomas Reed knows nuclear bombs better than most people. For starters, he designed two of them when he worked at the Livermore National Laboratory as a weapons designer.
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www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2009/01/02/why-china...
www.usnews.com/articles/news/world/2009/01/02/why-china-helped-countries-like-pakistan-north-korea-build-nuclear-bombs.html
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