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Declassified Footage: An Atomic Bomb Too Big to Actually Use

The Tsar Bomba's explosion was unparalleled in power. With a 50 megaton capacity, this nuclear test was estimated to be 3,800 times the strength of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. And although short video ...

Before 'A House of Dynamite,' These Movies Took on the Bomb

A House of Dynamite is far from the first movie to think about the “what if” doomsday scenario. For much of the Cold War, the ...

Can we actually stop a nuclear missile? 'A House of Dynamite' has a shocking answer

Let's break down the real science behind Netflix's new movie "A House of Dynamite," which imagines a nuclear attack on the ...
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How the Atomic Bomb Redefined Geopolitics — 80 Years On

This week marks 80 years since the US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki — killing an estimated 200,000 people. Historian Garrett Graff’s new book “The Devil Reached Toward the Sky” draws ...

Letters on Hiroshima: Americans Who Wrote of the Atomic Bomb

Eighty years ago, upon facing the tremendous force of the atomic bomb, Truman, scientists, and citizens voiced their remorse ...
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Eighty years after Hiroshima, a new book narrates the history of the atomic bomb

It’s been 80 years since the United States detonated atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in more than 200,000 deaths. Garrett Graff’s new book The Devil Reached Toward the Sky is an ...
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: 80 years after the atomic bomb, the world still grapples with the fallout

Hiroshima is marking the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japanese city. The bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, killed 140,000 people and a second bomb on Nagasaki (Aug. 9) killed ...
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Japan’s imperial family pays respects to Nagasaki victims 80 years after atomic bombing

NAGASAKI, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family paid their respects Friday to the victims of the atomic bombing 80 years ago of the city of Nagasaki. Naruhito, his wife, Empress Masako, ...