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The Day the USSR Tested Its First Atomic Bomb: August 29, 1949

Pravda 29 Aug 2025
At the Semipalatinsk test site in Kazakhstan, the USSR detonated its first atomic bomb — a device comparable in power to the weapons the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
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Trump drops 'atomic bomb' on DOJ: analysis

Alternet 28 Aug 2025
French quoted conservative Harvard Law School professor Jack Goldsmith, who said at a recent panel that Trump dropped “an atomic bomb dropped on the [justice] department.” ... “The atomic bomb has ...
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'Atomic bomb has detonated': Conservative says Trump planted a seed that could destroy DOJ

Raw Story 28 Aug 2025
"He can provide pardons for his friends and allies and pursue his enemies with abandon." ... "The atomic bomb has detonated, and only the American people can ultimately pick up the pieces and repair our Republic," French added ... .
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U.S. public growing critical of nuclear weapons 80 years after atomic bombings

Japan Times 27 Aug 2025
A poll conducted this year showed that only 35% of adults in the U.S. viewed the atomic bombings as justified, while 31% said they were not justified ... .
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Gov't booklet offered advice to survive atom bomb attack

Canton Repository 25 Aug 2025
"If that atom bomb hits, fall flat and double up." ... Office in the summer of 1950, spoke to Americans about "the effects of atomic weapons" and offered "pointers" in case of an atomic bomb attack.
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Panic as atomic bomb waste found in St Louis raises alarm in three other US ...

The Daily Mail 22 Aug 2025
Atomic bomb waste discovered beneath six homes in St Louis has sparked panic and renewed concern in other US cities still haunted by Manhattan Project contamination ... produced the first atomic bombs.
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His grandfather created the atomic bomb. Now Charles Oppenheimer wants a nuclear summit.

Usatoday 21 Aug 2025
Japan marks 80 years since Nagasaki atomic bombing. Japan marked the 80th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing as the country's Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, reaffirmed its commitment to a world without nuclear weapons.
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Forget Oppenheimer... the real brains behind the atom bomb were BRITISH: 'Hidden' history of WWII's ...

The Daily Mail 21 Aug 2025
The world's first atomic bomb (above) was detonated in New Mexico in July 1945 ... Digging further he discovered that MAUD had been set up in 1940 to investigate the feasibility of Britain producing an atomic bomb in the immediate future.
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Atomic bomb survivor uses English to convey horrors of nuclear weapons

Japan Times 20 Aug 2025
Determined to speak for herself, Teruko Yahata resolved to convey the cruelty and sorrow in her own words, in English, rather than through an interpreter ... .
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Dr M visits Nagasaki to commemorate 80th anniversary of atomic bombing

The Star 17 Aug 2025
KUALA LUMPUR. Earlier this month, former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad visited Nagasaki in Japan to mark the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing. Read full story ... .
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Fairpoint: Rahul Gandhi's Atom Bomb Or Damp Squib? Bihar Will Decide

MENA FN 17 Aug 2025
(MENAFN - IANS) New Delhi, Aug 17 (IANS) When Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi decided to skip the early morning Independence Day celebrations at the iconic Red Fort, he knew he would ... .
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Hiroshima ginkgo survived atomic bomb

Otago Daily Times 16 Aug 2025
Yasuda Girls’ High School teacher Ayako Ando, of Hiroshima, speaks of the importance of peace and friendship. PHOTOS. SAM HENDERSON. Living symbols of peace have taken root at Seacliff ... .
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We can celebrate VJ Day. Dropping atomic bombs was morally justified

The Daily Telegraph 15 Aug 2025
How can we celebrate the 80th anniversary of VJ Day, knowing that victory was bought by the dropping of atomic bombs? For pacifists, the answer is clear ... to use the newly developed atomic bombs to intimidate the Japanese into surrender.
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VJ Day veteran says aftermath of atomic bombs was

BBC News 14 Aug 2025
A World War Two veteran has been presented with a letter of thanks by the first minister of Wales. .
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