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Trinity
in 1945 in the newe mexico desert scientist conducted "trinity" the first nuclear weapon test. -
operation crossroads.
operation crossroads was a series of nuclear weapons testing conducted by the USA at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean in the summer of 1946 -
radio active fallout.
radio active fallout from nuclear weapons testing was first drawn to oublic attention i 1954 when a hydrogen bomb test in the ocean contaminated the crew of a japanese ship called the lucky dragon. -
linus pauling.
linus pauling and his wife presented the U.N with the petition signed by more than 11,000 scientist calling for an end to nuclear weapon testing. -
the little boy device.
the little boy device was detonated on the japanese city of Horoshima -
Women Strike For Peace
at the height of the cold war about 50,000 women brought together by Women Strike For Peace marched through more than 60 cities. -
Anti-Nuclear Protest.
on June 12, 1982, 1 million people held a anti-nuclear protest and end to cold war arms race. -
The INF treaty & START1
after the 1986 reyjavik summit between the U.S president Ronald Reagon & the new soviet General secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, the USA and the soviet union concluded 2 important nuclear arms reduction treaties; the INF treaty & the START1
