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Discover the dramatic story behind the Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated. This video explores its Cold War origins, Soviet nuclear strategy, and the events leading to its historic 1961 test over Novaya Zemlya.
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Explained: Why is end of US-Russia nuclear pact and calls for its renewal significant?
The last nuclear treaty between the two powers ends on Thursday, formally releasing both the US and Russia from restrictions on their nuclear arsenals, triggering fears of a global arms race. Mutual escalations by both Russia and the US,
Nuclear weapons are not going to suddenly disappear. But they might create a more dangerous world in which countries are neither safely deterred nor meaningfully disarmed.
Yet January 14th marked the longest period humankind has gone without one or another part of the whole exploding one of these deadly weapons, stretching back to the last North Korean test in September, 2017. All other nuclear armed states conducted their last nuclear tests between 1990 and 1998 when Pakistan ceased its nuclear testing.
Putin explained how science could be used to gain an advantage over Russia's enemies.
President Trump’s statements about nuclear testing affirm his determination to ensure that the United States maintains the most powerful nuclear arsenal in the world. Last week, President Trump announced that “because of other countries[’] testing ...