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How the ‘Little Boy’ Hiroshima nuclear bomb transformed modern warfare forever
The Hiroshima bomb is the most devastating to have been used in real combat. But today’s nuclear weapons are far, far more ...
Here’s how big our nuclear arsenal is 80 years after the first atomic bomb
The first series of thermonuclear tests took place on Nov. 1, 1952, on the small Pacific island of Elugelab at Enewetak Atoll ...
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This Rarely-Visited Country Has Lively Coral Reefs, Wreck Diving, And Phenomenal Stargazing
Whether you want to dive with sharks and World War II wrecks, lounge on pristine beaches, or soak in starry skies, this ...
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Eighty years ago this week, the world changed with the atomic bombings of Japan. We are still feeling the poisonous fallout
Sunday, Aug. 6, 1945, 8:15 am. A 12-year-old girl was walking to her seijinshiki ceremony, a traditional Japanese rite of ...
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Add ailing cleanup veterans to expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan declared July 16 as National Atomic Veterans Day, in recognition of service member participation in U.S. nuclear tests. But many cleanup veterans are still waiting for ...