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Fisherman Catches WWII Bomb In NJ, Closing Bridge From Lyndhurst To Nutley: Police
A man fishing with a magnet on a bridge over the Passaic River found an artillery shell for the second time in a month, ...
N.J. bridge closed after magnet fisherman hooks WWII artillery shell
A bridge linking Bergen and Essex counties was closed briefly on Saturday night so authorities could remove a World War II-era bomb located by a magnet fisherman, Lyndhurst police said. The fisherman ...
How the Most Notorious Rolling Stones Tour Was Nearly Derailed by the 'World's Dumbest Bomber' 53 Years Ago Today
How the Most Notorious Rolling Stones Tour Was Nearly Derailed by the 'World's Dumbest Bomber' 53 Years Ago Today first ...
Book Review: ‘The Hiroshima Men’ is a reminder of the horrific human costs of atomic attack
Author and historian Iain MacGregor profiles a diverse range of players in his latest book about the first atomic bomb used in warfare.
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80 Years After the Trinity Nuke Test, We’re Still Living an Atomic Nightmare
We can’t know exactly how events would have unfolded had dissent been amplified, but we must now demand a safer future.
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What you can do about nuclear weapons- 80 years after Trinity blast
The first atomic bomb was tested that morning, the result of the U.S. Manhattan Project to develop the ultimate weapon. Just weeks later the U.S. would drop atomic bombs on Japan, destroying the ...
Eighty Years After the First Nuke Test, the World Is at a Dangerous Crossroads
On July 16, 1945, the Nuclear Age erupted into being, with the atomic bomb’s first test, code-named Trinity, in the desert of ...