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Nuclear weapons and disasters
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atomic bomb- a bomb whose explosive force comes from a chain reaction based on nuclear fission in U-235 or plutonium. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/atomic+bombhydrogen bomb- a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hydrogen%20bomb?s=tnuclear fallout- Nuclear fallout settles on the ground and in the atmosphere after a nuclear bomb explodes or a reaction occurs at a damaged nuclear power plant. http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/falloutB.The current members of the Nuclear Club-156210299720 www.google.ca, Moscow
,New Delhi
, Beijing
, pyongyang
, Islamabad
, Washington D.C
, Jerusalem
, Paris
, London and Iran, Tehran On April 26, 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident happened at the Chernobyl plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, in the Soviet Union. An explosion and fire in the No. 4 reactor sent radioactivity into the atmosphere. http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/april-26-1986-explosion-at-chernobyl-nuclear-plant/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 2.
Cold War- a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare, in particular.

The nuclear arms race: a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
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Hiroshima: On August 6, 1945 an atomic bomb named Little Boy was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The explosion was huge, the city was destroyed, and tens of thousands of people were killed. The bomb was dropped by a plane named the Enola Gay which was piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbetts. The bomb itself was over 10 feet long and weighed around 10,000 pounds. A small parachute was on the bomb in order to slow its drop and allow the plane time to fly away from the blast zone.
Nagasaki: Despite witnessing the terrible destruction of the bomb on Hiroshima, Emperor Hirohito and Japan still refused to surrender. Three days later, on August 9, 1945, another atomic bomb, nicknamed Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Again the devastation was horrible.
Creation of NATO:to unify and strengthen the western allies military response to a possible invasion of western Europe by the soviet union and its Warsaw pact
First hydrogen bomb tested by USA: The test gave the United States a short-lived advantage in the nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union. Following the successful Soviet detonation of an atomic device in September 1949, the United States accelerated its program to develop the next stage in atomic weaponry, a thermonuclear bomb. Popularly known as the hydrogen bomb, this new weapon was approximately 1,000 times more powerful than conventional nuclear devices. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-tests-first-hydrogen-bombCreation of WARSAW: In 1949, the prospect of further Communist expansion prompted the United States and 11 other Western nations to form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Soviet Union and its affiliated Communist nations in Eastern Europe founded a rival alliance, the Warsaw Pact, in 1955. The alignment of nearly every European nation into one of the two opposing camps formalized the political division of the European continent that had taken place since World War II (1939-45). This alignment provided the framework for the military standoff that continued throughout the Cold War (1945-91). http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/formation-of-nato-and-warsaw-pact
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