atomic bomb

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In 1943 the Quebec Agreement formalized a collaboration between British and American scientists who would build the atomic bomb.

From The Wall Street Journal

Araghchi denied the claim, noting that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium—and therefore the number of atomic bombs it could theoretically fuel—had been a matter of public record for years.

From The Wall Street Journal

The United States ended World War II by dropping two atomic bombs on Japan, the only use of nuclear weapons in history.

From Barron's

One of them in Nagasaki survived the 1945 atomic bomb blast and is still in working order, 117 years after it was fabricated and shipped from Scotland.

From BBC

“The Morris Fire produced as much energy as a thousand atomic bombs,” Akira said.

From Literature