Seventy-one years ago, while President Eisenhower was vacationing in Colorado, the Soviets tested their first thermonuclear device. It failed as a true fusion weapon, but the 400 kilotons of energy it released (roughly 25 times more than was released over Hiroshima) rattled Washington. More important, it spurred the formulation of one of America’s most curious endeavours: Atoms for Peace and its policy that spread dangerous nuclear technology world-wide. This program’s continued endurance is difficult to understand. Its historical genesis, though, … read more »
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