bombs

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The assumption was the U.S. would keep building ever more destructive bombs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

Instead, the lapse allowed Iran to stockpile 11 tons of enriched uranium, potentially enough for up to 100 nuclear bombs.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

It felt like missing the last helicopter out of ’Nam, as if I were running after couplehood as bombs went off around me and yelling, “Nnnnnooooooooooo!!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

"It becomes very dark when religion is used to justify immoral behaviour... using religion to justify especially dropping bombs is contradicting what the faith is about," says Bishop Strickland.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The Americans dubbed the weapon, roughly the size of the American bombs dropped on Nagasaki, "Joe-1," after Joseph Stalin.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau