In 1949, after the Soviet A-bomb test, Truman ordered U.S. development of the hydrogen bomb. |
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This one bomb was smaller in size than the Hiroshima A-bomb but 2500 times more powerful. |
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They also warned that H-bombs could be built that were a thousand times more destructive than the A-bomb. |
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This fusion bomb, the product of fusion at extreme temperatures of heavy isotopes of hydrogen, is many times more powerful than the A-bomb. |
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Against the generals, the president was declaring that the A-bomb was not just another weapon. |
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Over a quarter of the city was obliterated, with a dreadful irony removing it from the top of the list of A-bomb targets. |
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Hundreds of victims of Britain's A-bomb tests are to march on Parliament today in what they say is their best chance ever to secure compensation. |
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Fortunately both were operable, but the frequency of such illnesses is much higher in survivors of the A-bomb. |
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After the usual moans 'why us again' we were preparing for the journey to America when, fortunately for us, the A-bomb was used. |
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Note how we are given dates when the US exploded H-bombs, when the UK exploded H-bombs, when the French exploded an A-bomb, even when the Chinese detonated an H-bomb. |
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Listening to the A-bomb survivor that day in Hiroshima, Broderick and Roberts, from the Hiroshima Peace Institute, had a light-bulb moment. |
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Silberner also notes the psychic numbing caused by the A-bomb. |
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Obama's response drew mixed reactions from A-bomb survivors. |
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First, you aver that you knew someone who died of radiation poisoning a decade after viewing A-bomb testing. |
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Also, if an A-bomb goes off in America, who would know where it came from? |
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During the ''Peace Candle'' event, about 2,000 people surrounded the A-bomb dome in the park and after silent prayers lit up the dome with green penlights. |
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