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On July 16, 1945, an enormous column of smoke rose up to 30,000 feet (9,144 meters) high above a remote part of the Jornada Del Muerto Desert, New Mexico, preceded by a tremendous flash that lit up ...

Iran is believed to possess enough enriched uranium to potentially build a nuclear weapon if it chose to. But even if Iran suddenly produced a bomb, nuclear deterrence and the risk of massive ...