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Nuclear weapons: Predicting the unthinkable...is given, the source is cited instead. Many Deaths Still Expected With Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapons (Apr. 29, 2005) A nuclear weapon that is exploded underground can destroy a deeply buried bunker efficiently and requires... In this article: Nuclear weapons, American Institute of Physics, University of California, Irvine, Los Alamos National Laboratory, FEMA, and DHS |
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White House News | 5 days ago
U.S.-China Joint Statement
...role in strengthening regional security cooperation. The two sides agreed that respect for the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, IAEA mandates, and implementation of all relevant UN Security Council resolutions are...
In this article: United States, People's Republic of China, Climate change, Barack Obama, Coal, Six-party talks, IAEA, Hu Jintao, Department of Energy, and U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue
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Daily Kos | 6 days ago
Late afternoon/early evening open thread
...her ghostwriter) that have been leaking over the past week. In 'They have no idea what a nuclear bomb is.' - Americans' Changing Perception of Nuclear Weapons, Plutonium Page discussed the generation (and knowledge) gap that can exist...
In this article: Sarah Palin, Nuclear Weapons, White House, Alaska, and Japan
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | 6 days ago
IAEA report: Teheran may be hiding more nuclear facilities
Article's topics: Iran, IAEA, Nuclear Weapons, Qom, Barack Obama After a a new uranium enrichment site at Qom in Iran several weeks ago, the International Atomic Research Agency raised concern about possible further secret nuclear sites,...
In this article: IAEA, Uranium, Iran, Teheran, Nuclear Weapons, United Nations, and Barack Obama
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | 7 days ago
In Asia, Obama talking climate, arms control
Topics: Free world, Aung San Suu Kyi, Singapore, George H. W. Bush, Nuclear weapon, Nobel Peace, War History, Cold War, World Leaders, Vladimir Putin SINGAPORE - President Barack Obama and nearly two dozen fellow leaders from Asia and...
In this article: Barack Obama, Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong, U.S., APEC, Climate change, Asia, Tokyo, and Copenhagen
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Midland Daily News | November 04, 2009
Wednesday reader's view: Nuclear weapon education meeting Sunday
...League of Women Voters of the Midland Area Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 11:58 AM EST To the editor: The possibility that nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists or unscrupulous leaders of rogue nations has...
In this article: League of Women Voters and Paris
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CBS News | November 03, 2009
German Chancellor Merkel Says A Nuclear Bomb In The Hands Of Iran 'is Not Acceptable'
AP) WASHINGTON (AP) - German Chancellor Merkel says a nuclear bomb in the hands of Iran 'is not acceptable' Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or...
In this article: Nuclear Bomb, Iran, All rights reserved, Global warming, Softball, Baseball World Series, Chase Utley, and Al Gore
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The St. Petersburg Times | October 29, 2009
Russia, U.S. Scramble to Reach Deal in Nuclear Arms Talks
...elaborating. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev agreed at a Moscow summit in July to cut the number of nuclear warheads each possesses to between 1,500 and 1,675 within seven years. But the Washington-based...
In this article: Russia, James Jones, United States, Sergey Lavrov, Moscow, Nuclear Arms, Washington, Iran, and Uranium
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Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide | October 05, 2009
From Abandoned Nuclear Missile Silo to Kickass Home [Architecture]
It started as a 2,200 square foot fixer-upper with 6,000-pound blast doors and a "185-foot hole in the ground where a missile armed with a nuclear warhead used to be." It's still a bit of an ongoing project, with the big hole at least...
In this article: Nuclear Missile
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washingtonpost.com | August 31, 2009
Iran's Intentions on Iraqi Affairs and Nuclear Weapons
...than the "slam dunk" assertions of the Bush administration, we would not have invaded that country on the basis of erroneous claims that Iraq's nuclear weapons program had been reconstituted. The writer is a nonproliferation analyst with the...
In this article: International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Iraq War, Arms Control Association, United States, and Iraq
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Newsweek World News | August 29, 2009
How Nuclear Weapons Can Keep You Safe
...has been that leaders often make the wrong gamble and underestimate the other side-and millions of innocents pay the price. Nuclear weapons change all that by making the costs of war obvious, inevitable, and unacceptable.
In this article: Barack Obama, Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, U.S., World War II, U.N. Security Council, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Vladimir Putin
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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 energy from relatively small amounts of matter; a modern thermonuclear weapon weighing little more than a thousand kilograms can produce an explosion comparable to the detonation of more than a billion kilograms of conventional high explosive. Even small nuclear devices with yields equivalent to only a few thousand tons of TNT can devastate a city. Nuclear weapons are considered weapons of mass destruction, and their use and control has been a major aspect of international policy since their debut.
In the history of warfare, only two nuclear weapons have been detonated offensively; both by the United States of America during the closing days of World War II. The first was detonated on the morning of 6 August 1945, when the United States dropped a (uranium) gun-type device code-named "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The second was detonated three days later when the United States dropped a plutonium implosion-type device code-named "Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. These bombings resulted in the immediate deaths of around 120,000 people (mostly civilians) from injuries sustained from the explosion and acute radiation sickness, and even more deaths from long-term effects of (ionising) radiation. The use of these weapons was and remains controversial. (See Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for a full discussion.)
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