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Could scientists stop a 'planet killer' asteroid from hitting Earth?If a mile-wide asteroid is discovered hurtling toward Earth, our survival might depend on launching 1,000 spacecraft — or one well-placed nuke.
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Russia declassifies footage of 'Tsar Bomba' — the most powerful nuclear bomb in historyIn 1961, Russia detonated the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful nuke in history, over a remote Arctic island. New footage has been declassified and shared on YouTube.
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Can we prevent World War III? History of diplomacy and deterrenceReference A hotline between Washington and Moscow, along with other measures, facilitates communication at critical times to avoid World War III.
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Nazi bomb plot cubes could finally be identifiedHundreds of the cubes were lost in the chaotic aftermath of World War II. Now, the new technique could help to find them.
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Mysterious Radiation Cloud Over Europe Traced to Secret Russian Nuclear AccidentThe cloud held up to 100 times the level of radiation released after the Fukushima accident in Japan in 2011.
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This 'Doomsday Plane' Can Survive a Nuclear AttackA reporter recently got a tour of the secretive military plane. Here's what she found.
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US Test-Launches Another Ballistic Missile (Video, Photos)For the second week in a row, the United States Air Force has tested an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
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Diver Finds Long-Lost Nuke While Hunting Sea CucumbersA diver hunting for sea cucumbers in British Columbia, Canada, came across what may be the United States' first lost nuclear weapon, or 'broken arrow'
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