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Most Powerful U.S. Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled

Most Powerful U.S. Nuclear Bomb Being Dismantled

The last of the nation's most powerful nuclear bombs -- a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima -- is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.

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?

 

U.S., Russia sign treaty to reduce nuclear arms

U.S., Russia sign treaty to reduce nuclear arms

Sweeping pact pledges to cut stockpile of deployed, strategic nuclear weapons and commits the old Cold War rivals to new verification procedures.

 

Obama, Medvedev to sign landmark nuclear arms pact

Obama, Medvedev to sign landmark nuclear arms pact

The U.S. and Russian presidents are to sign a pact on Thursday committing the former Cold War foes to unprecedented nuclear arms reductions, cementing a hard-won deal that should put strained ties on firmer footing.

 

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