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Nuclear Bombs

By: Rawson Barr, Journalist
Nuclear bombs are one of the most destructive weapons ever created. These bombs use nuclear reactions to release an enormous amount of energy in the form of an explosion. Nuclear bombs can cause widespread destruction and can even lead to long-term health problems for people who are exposed to them.
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Metal Ball Washed Up In Japan

Metal Ball Washed Up In Japan

By: Oliver Tabbal, Journalist
A big metal ball washed up on Japanese shore. It has been identified as a buoy by the government, but it took suprisingly long to identify.
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Copy from U.S. National Archives, RG 77-AEC. Chuck Hansen, The Swords of Armageddon: U.S. Nuclear Weapons Development Since 1945 (Sunnyvale, CA: Chukelea Publications, 1995)

Little Boy, Fat Man, and Trinity

By: Thomas Ahern, Journalist
On August 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb known as Little Boy was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
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What Would Happen If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?

What Would Happen If We Detonated All Nuclear Bombs at Once?

By: Anokhi Basavaraju, Journalist
The worlds first atomic bombs killed a total of 120,000 people and more due to radiation exposure. But what would happen if we detonated all nuclear bombs on Earth at once? Well it wouldn't be pretty.
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U.S. Department of Defense

How does a nuclear bomb work?

By: Ali iskandar, Author
Nuclear fission produces the atomic bomb, a weapon of mass destruction that uses power released by the splitting of atomic nuclei. When a single free neutron strikes the nucleus of an atom of radioactive material like uranium or plutonium, it knocks two or three more neutrons free. That cycle keeps going on for about five minutes.
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File:Tsar Bomba Revised.jpg by User:Croquant with modifications by User:Hex is marked with CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tsar Bomba – The Soviet Union’s Mega Bomb

By: Jason Reznikov, Journalist
The Tsar Bomba was a powerhouse of a bomb big enough to wipe out New York City.
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