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Medical preparedness for bioterrorism and chemical warfare: A public health integration review. [PDF]

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Nuclear Weapons

2015
Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction explains the history and politics of the bomb, from the technology of nuclear weapons, to the revolutionary implications of the H-bomb, and the politics of nuclear deterrence. The issues are set against a backdrop of the changing international landscape, from the early days of development through the Cold War.
Raymond L. Murray, Keith E. Holbert
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Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Weapon Regimes

2021
Abstract This chapter clarifies the content and operation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which works to ensure the peaceful use of nuclear energy. It examines the content and status of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), better known as the Iran Nuclear Deal, including the concomitant situation in Iran.
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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

2017
This chapter is also devoted to examples of weapons design, this time in regard to nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. The author begins, however, with a more detailed examination of deterrence, specifically nuclear deterrence. He discusses the Manhattan Project, the design of thermonuclear weapons, and ballistic missiles.
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Nuclear Weapons

2022
A primer on nuclear weapons, from the science of fission and fusion to the pursuit of mutual assured destruction, the SALT treaties, and the Bomb in pop culture. Although the world's attention has shifted to drone-controlled bombing and cyberwarfare, the threat of nuclear war still exists.
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Nuclear Weapons

2012
Since the end of World War II, nuclear weapons have fascinated humanity, providing a sense of security for many while also inspiring great fear. The first and only uses of nuclear weapons to date, against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, were harbingers of a new and seemingly dangerous era. Although the influence of nuclear
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Nuclear Weapons

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 2007
Bruce G. Blair, Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
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