Most Powerful U.s. Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled

Most Powerful U.S. Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled

Senh: I had imagine these things to be a lot bigger than just a minivan. Apparently it's 600 times the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb. What kind of impact can that do? Destroy an entire country?

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