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Tag Archives: Nuke
On This Day — US Detonates First Thermonuclear Weapon (November 1, 1952) [2020]
“The island of Elugelab is missing.” Gordon Dean — Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission summarizing the events to President Eisenhower November 1 2020 — On November 1 1952, the United States detonated the first full-scale thermonuclear device on the … Continue reading
On This day — Einstein Letter to Franklin Roosevelt (October 11 1939) [Manhattan Project]
“I made one great mistake in my life — when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was some justification — the danger that the Germans would make them.” Albert Einstein … Continue reading
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75 Years Ago — Remembering Hiroshima (August 6 1945)
“The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender.” US Admiral William Leahy “I voiced to him my grave misgivings, … Continue reading
Three Years Ago — The True Story of Dr A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Black Market [UPDADE — New Series : The Man Who Stole The Bomb]
“Our accomplishments generally remain classified, but a few special ones are known to the world.” CIA Director Mike Pompeo (April 13 2017) “I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It’s – it was like – we … Continue reading
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Three Years Ago — The True Story of Dr A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Black Market
“Our accomplishments generally remain classified, but a few special ones are known to the world.” CIA Director Mike Pompeo (April 13 2017) “I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It’s – it was like – we … Continue reading
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On This Day — North Korea Tests H Bomb in “Self-Defence Against US” (January 6 2016) [2020]
“It is just to have H-bomb as self-defence against the US having numerous and humongous nuclear weapons. The DPRK’s fate must not be protected by any forces but DPRK itself.” North Korean State Television Broadcast (January 6 2016) On January … Continue reading
On This Day — US Detonates First Thermonuclear Weapon (November 1, 1952) [2019]
“It’s a boy.” Telegram from Ed Teller to Dr. Elizabeth “Diz” Graves “The island of Elugelab is missing.” Gordon Dean — Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission summarizing the events to President Eisenhower “I made one great mistake in my … Continue reading
80 Years Ago — Einstein Letter to Franklin Roosevelt (October 11 1939) [Manhattan Project]
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” “The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking…the solution to this problem … Continue reading
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On This Day — Remembering Hiroshima (August 6 1945)
“I returned to civilization shortly after that and went to Cornell to teach, and my first impression was a very strange one. (…) I sat in a restaurant in New York, for example, and I looked out at the buildings and … Continue reading
Two Years Ago — The True Story of Dr A. Q. Khan’s Nuclear Black Market
“Our accomplishments generally remain classified, but a few special ones are known to the world.” CIA Director Mike Pompeo (April 13 2017) “I was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole. It’s – it was like – we … Continue reading
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