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At the outset of the Cold War and the dawn of the era of nuclear competition, the United States and the Soviet Union worked quickly to develop large stockpiles of weapons and to demonstrate the power ...

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The previous chapters present the results of the work carried out to address the committee’s charge, including a literature review, calculations, and analysis of information presented by many experts.

Flashing red-orange flames pulsating against billowing black smoke. A landscape of homes reduced to ash and twisted rubble. Vehicles transfigured into grotesque sculptures scattered across streets.

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The Rulison test — conducted at a depth of 8,425 feet — was the deepest subterranean nuclear-bomb detonation conducted in U.S. history.