#Nuclear Weapon

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The Trinity test of the Manhattan Project on 16 July 1945 was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon.

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In other news, somebody made the schematic to make the Nerf Nuke an actual real thing.

Now we are all sons of foam-rubber bitches...

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Loading the end of the world in the 50's.

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Davy Crockett nuclear warhead recoilless rifle

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Spy (2015) 8/10

The CIA's top analyst (Melissa McCarthy) gets a crack at a case when her partner (Jude Law) dies in the field. It's up to her to find a stolen nuclear bomb that is at risk of being sold into the wrong hands.

Melissa McCarthy shines as Susan Cooper. She's smart, she's witty, and she has determination to make things right. She's also 40, and joined the CIA after quitting her teaching job. But despite the odds, she fights hard for what's right.

The movie stars an ensemble cast, including Miranda Hart, who plays Susan's best friend and colleague, Nancy B. Artingsall, Rose Byrne as Rayna Boyanov, the daughter of Tihomir Boyanov (the only other person who knows where the bomb is hidden), Jude Law as debonair agent Bradley Fine, and Jason Statham as Rick Ford, a super macho agent who clashes with Susan.

The plot is easy to follow, and the movie takes place in Rome, Paris, and Budapest, following Susan Cooper's mission. The jokes are witty, mostly delivered by McCarthy and Statham. (Statham's character has two particular monologues about what he's done on missions, and it's hilarious).

There's not really any dull moments in this movie, because you're engaged in the fact that Susan has to track down Rayna to get to the bomb. And she struggles a few times, but she manages. And Rose Byrne is hilarious as Rayna, playing a stuck up, but ruthless person. She is dedicated to what her father left her.

There's hand to hand fight scenes, a car chase, and shootouts, so if you like any of those in an action movie, this has all three.

I did recently rewatch this movie after not seeing it for a few years, so it did feel long to me, but maybe that's because it's been a while. I'm sure if you see this movie over and over, it'll feel short.

But this is a good action comedy if you don't want to think too much!

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India's Agni V Missile

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Sauli Niinisto Clearly States: No Nukes On Finland Territory

Sauli Niinisto Clearly States: No Nukes On Finland Territory

Finland does not intend to station nuclear weapons on its territory after becoming a NATO member, President Sauli Niinisto said on Monday, adding that Helsinki had not received such offers so far. His statement comes after Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin refused to rule out hosting nukes in the future. Speaking at the opening of a course organized by the National Defense Training Association,…

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2004: Shen Zhihua on Soviet Assistance within Limits to PRC Nuclear Weapons Development

Shen Zhihua 沈志华, a Chinese historian of the Cold War who has done extensive work in both Soviet and Chinese archives Some of Shen Zhihua’s work translated elsewhere on this translation blog: PRC Diplomatic History Scholar Shen Zhihua 2010: Diplomatic Historian Shen Zhihua on Archival Work DPRK, USSR and China: Historians Shen Zhihua and Li Danhui at Wilson Center Book Launch 2020: Shen…

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Mushroom cloud of 'Gadget' over Trinity, seconds after detonation

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Don’t forget the first victims when you go see Oppenheimer this opening weekend. Unforgivable not to include them in the narrative.

We love us some Nolan and Cillian but this is also a story that should never have taken place.

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This is what happens when the US government goes nuclear-crazy during the Cold War and mines a shit ton of uranium. Lambs born with three legs and no eyes, and human stillbirths and agonizing deformities for those that survive. For decades it was referred to as a Navajo-specific hereditary illness. No one made the link to the mines and the drinking water.

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W9 'atomic cannon' 280mm shell

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