atom bomb

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Knowing she’ll lose the ability to pick a side cast her back into the fight, and with an atom bomb that the hive mind, by its endlessly giving nature, had to provide.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025

Did the U.S. destroy Iran’s ability to build an atom bomb, or did the Iranians stash away a lot of their enriched uranium before the attack?

From Slate • Jun. 24, 2025

Heavy-water reactors produce plutonium, which - like enriched uranium - can be used to make the core of an atom bomb.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

Last month, American spy agencies told Congress, as well as foreign allies, that Mr. Putin might deploy and use an atom bomb in space that could disable thousands of satellites.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Tizard’s formation of a committee to study the theory under the leadership of G. P. Thomson, son of the legendary J. J. Thomson, marked the start of organized atom bomb research in Britain.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik