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"Operated on this morning… results already exceed expectations”. This coded message was sent to the president of the USA Harry S. Truman after the first test of the American nuclear bomb. Stalin and the Soviet Union responded by creating a bomb of their own… Find out more about this powerful weapon; about the construction, the consequences and the secrets that surround it with the help of RTDoc.

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Published: 06 May 2009 00:00

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