Power Bomb posts
The New Yorker In between the Arndale Centre and the Manchester Arena lies Corporation Street, where, in 1996, an enormous truck bomb went off—the largest bomb, it is said, to have been detonated in Britain since the Second World War.
Manchester’s Recent History of Tragedy
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Time, place, and destructive power: all the elements of last night’s attack had been proposed before.
106 months ago
Reuters The remote site in eastern Afghanistan where the U.S. military dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb ever deployed in combat earlier this month bears signs of the weapon's power, but little evidence of how much material and human damage it inflicted.
107 months ago
Salon The memory is so frightening...
Nagasaki, the atomic bomb and the radiated pig that haunts me
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Obama's historic visit to Hiroshima brings back postwar memories of a living reminder of the power of the bomb
118 months ago
WSJ Video A hydrogen bomb—the type North Korea claims it tested—is many magnitudes more powerful than an atomic bomb. Here’s a look at how a so-called H-bomb works: http://on.wsj.com/1mKFB1W
The Deadly Explosive Power of a Hydrogen Bomb
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A hydrogen bomb—the type North Korea claims it tested—is many magnitudes more powerful than an atomic bomb, which was the type dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, killing 70,000. Here’s a look at how a so-called H-bomb works.
123 months ago
WSJ Video A hydrogen bomb—the type North Korea claims it tested—is many magnitudes more powerful than an atomic bomb, which was the type dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, killing 70,000. Here’s a look at how a so-called H-bomb works. http Read more ... ://live.wsj.com/video/the-deadly-explosive-power-of-a-hydrogen-bomb/094D83A7-2F1C-487C-97D1-DF5F73240355.html
The Deadly Explosive Power of a Hydrogen Bomb
wsj.com
A hydrogen bomb—the type North Korea claims it tested—is many magnitudes more powerful than an atomic bomb, which was the type dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II, killing 70,000. Here’s a look at how a so-called H-bomb works.
123 months ago
Los Angeles Times World The explosive power detected by earthquake sensors around the world after North Korea's test was much weaker than would be expected from a hydrogen bomb, experts say.
Experts doubt North Korea's bomb was hydrogen-powered
latimes.com
The bold claim by North Korea on Wednesday that it had detonated a hydrogen bomb appeared to fizzle under the intense scrutiny of U.S. physicists and nuclear weapons experts.
123 months ago
Washington Post The South Korean military said the size of the blast was consistent with an atomic explosion, not a hydrogen bomb with far greater explosive power.
North Korea’s claim of hydrogen bomb test draws skepticism and condemnations
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The United Nations Security Council called an emergency meeting.
123 months ago
MSN News If North Korea's claims are confirmed, this would mark the first time the reclusive nation has tested an H-bomb, which is many times more powerful than the nuclear weapons it has tested.
Hydrogen Bomb Vs. Atomic Bomb: What's The Difference?
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While an atomic bomb generates energy by tearing apart heavy atoms such as plutonium and uranium, a hydrogen bomb is energized through fusion of hydrogen atoms
123 months ago
MSN News A report said the country is now a "powerful nuclear weapons state ready to detonate a self-reliant A-bomb (atomic bomb) and H-bomb (hydrogen bomb) to reliably defend its sovereignty and the dignity of the nation."
Report: Kim says N.Korea has hydrogen bomb
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says his country has developed a hydrogen bomb, state media reported Thursday.
124 months ago
Los Angeles Times World Today's nuclear deal gives the U.S. and its allies much stronger leverage to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb for more than a decade. But Iran’s conventional power will almost certainly grow in ways that could make it more aggressive. Fin Read more ... d complete coverage of the deal at http://www.latimes.com/world/
Iran tradeoff: Deal could leave Iran without a nuclear bomb, but stronger
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At the heart of the sweeping nuclear deal sealed here Tuesday lies a tradeoff: The U.S. and its allies will get much stronger leverage to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb for more than a decade, but Iran’s conventional power in the Mi Read more ... ddle East will almost certainly grow in ways t…
128 months ago