nuclear bomb

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"Imagine if either the Nazis or the Russians got the nuclear bomb first. That would have been a very, very different world," he said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The US and Israel have led Western opposition to Iran's nuclear programme, claiming the country is seeking to develop a nuclear bomb - something Tehran has vehemently denied.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

A Reuters report that Iranian hardliners were pushing for Tehran to obtain a nuclear bomb helped push stocks to their lowest levels of the session in the afternoon, according to commentary published by Mizuho Securities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Upon the plane’s return to the U.S., its “suitcase nuke” triggered the Geiger counters at an airport in Maine, convincing a customs agent that a nuclear bomb was about to strike America.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Q: How is it possible that humans invented something as amazing as an airplane and something as awful as a nuclear bomb?

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon