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  2. Timeline of nuclear weapons development - Wikipedia

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    1949 – August 29 – The Soviet Union conducts its first atomic test, RDS-1 (nicknamed Joe 1 by the Americans). [19] 1949 – September 3 – U.S. atmospheric monitoring flights begin detecting effects of the Soviet test. [19] 1949 – September 23 – President Truman announces that the Soviets have conducted an atomic test. [19]

  3. Timeline of BBC Radio 1 - Wikipedia

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    5 July – The final Sunday broadcast of BBC Radio 1's The Official Chart. [105] 10 July – The first Friday broadcast of BBC Radio 1's The Official Chart. [106] The programme is broadcast on Fridays as part of the drive time show, hosted by Greg James. The programme's airtime is almost halved, to just 1 hour 45 minutes with only the top 10 ...

  4. Timeline of strategic nuclear weapon systems of the United ...

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    [1] and is one of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. [2] The UK initiated a nuclear weapons programme, codenamed Tube Alloys, during the Second World War. [3] At the Quebec Conference in August 1943, it was merged with the American Manhattan Project. [4]

  5. We are entering 'third nuclear age' fueled by Russia and ...

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    North Korea and Iran, meanwhile, are upping the ante, all set to the backdrop of collapsing nonproliferation agreements, which sought to reduce the risk posed by nuclear weapons after the Cold War ...

  6. History of nuclear weapons - Wikipedia

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    The Joe-1 atomic bomb test by the Soviet Union that took place in August 1949 came earlier than expected by Americans, and over the next several months there was an intense debate within the U.S. government, military, and scientific communities regarding whether to proceed with development of the far more powerful Super. [50]

  7. Nuclear warfare - Wikipedia

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    For several years after World War II, the United States developed and maintained a strategic force based on the Convair B-36 bomber that would be able to attack any potential enemy from bomber bases in the United States. It deployed atomic bombs around the world for potential use in conflicts.

  8. Timeline of BBC Radio News - Wikipedia

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    9 February – The 9am and 5pm news bulletins on BBC Radio 3 are replaced by a ten-minute bulletin from the BBC World Service. The bulletins are titled World Service News. 1988. 15 January – After less than a year, the World Service news bulletins broadcast on Radio 3 are axed.

  9. World War III - Wikipedia

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    The "war on terror" that began with the September 11 attacks has been claimed by some to be World War III [106] or sometimes World War IV [100] [107] (assuming the Cold War was World War III). Others have disparaged such claims as "distorting American history". While there is general agreement amongst historians regarding the definitions and ...