History of nuclear weapons
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History of nuclear weapons
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Building on major scientific breakthroughs made during the 1930s, the United Kingdom began the world's first nuclear weapons research project, codenamed Tube Alloys, in 1941, during World War II. The United States, in collaboration with the United Kingdom, initiated the Manhattan Project the following year to build a weapon using nuclear fission. The project also involved Canada. In August 1945, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were conducted by the United States, with British conse
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_nuclear_weapons
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2003-06-09T21:34:57Z
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2024-08-30T08:58:14Z
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