Nuclear Weapons
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In its attempts to harness the power of the atom, mankind has itself in
the possession of weapons with unbelievable, destructive power. Nations now
have the ability to destroy entire cities from hundreds of miles away, in only
minutes. These weapons are . cost the citizens
of the United States b ....
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.... to repeat itself. This is the chain reaction that
makes nuclear weapons possible. In a fusion nuclear device such as a hydrogen
bomb, lightweight nuclei are forced to fuse at very high temperatures into
heavier nuclei, releasing energy and a neutron. In order to squeeze the two
nuclei together, an atomic fission bomb is usually used. A fusion reaction
releases about four times more energy per unit mass than a fission reaction.
The United States supervised the development of the atomic bomb ....
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