US' Strongest Nuclear Weapon Is 80 Times Stronger Than The Hiroshima Bomb
The threat of the Soviet Union during the Cold War pushed the U.S. to produce a nuclear weapon 80 times more powerful than the bomb used in Hiroshima.
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The threat of the Soviet Union during the Cold War pushed the U.S. to produce a nuclear weapon 80 times more powerful than the bomb used in Hiroshima.
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