COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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They are not different from other weapons.
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They are not as powerful as other weapons.
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They are the most powerful weapons ever made.
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They have not been invented yet.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nuclear weapons produce enormous explosive energy. Their significance may best be appreciated by the coining of the words kiloton (1, 000 tons) and megaton (1, 000, 000 tons) to describe their blast energy in equivalent weights of the conventional chemical explosive TNT.
Detailed explanation-2: -Atom or atomic bombs are nuclear weapons. Their energy comes from reactions that take place in the nuclei of their atoms. During World War Two, “atomic bomb” usually meant a bomb that relies on fission, or the splitting of heavy nuclei into smaller units, releasing energy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thermonuclear bombs can be hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful than atomic bombs.
Detailed explanation-4: -In terms of destructive capacity, there is no comparison: Hydrogen bombs have the “potential to be 1, 000 times more powerful than an atomic bomb, ” according to a Time magazine article reprinted with by the Harry S. Truman Library and Museum.