Lindsey Graham wants more bombs for Israel, saying the US was right to nuke Nagasaki and Hiroshima

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Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.

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Russia is raising a stink about F-16s in Ukraine by saying they're nuclear-capable, even though the types of warplanes already deployed there can carry nukes

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) reacts as he sits in a F-16 fighter jet in the hangar of the Skrydstrup Airbase in Vojens, northern Denmark, on August 20, 2023.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) reacts as he sits in a F-16 fighter jet in the hangar of the Skrydstrup Airbase in Vojens, northern Denmark, on August 20, 2023.

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Russia's former president threatened nuclear attacks on Western capital cities if NATO sends any troops to Ukraine

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Russia's former president and now serving as deputy chairman of the country's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev (L), visits the Totsky military training field outside Siberian city of Orenburg on July 14, 2023.
Russia's former president and now serving as deputy chairman of the country's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev (L), visits the Totsky military training field outside Siberian city of Orenburg on July 14, 2023.

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Russia vetoed a US attempt to stop countries putting nukes in space — exactly what the Kremlin is accused of trying to do

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Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia raises his hand to veto the Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons resolution bill during a meeting of U.N. Security Council members, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at United Nations headquarters.
Russia's representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia raises his hand to veto the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons resolution bill on April 24, 2024.

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US asked China and India for help to prevent Russia from carrying out a nuclear strike in 2022, report says

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Vladimir Putin.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin.

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'Oppenheimer' fact v. fiction: What the movie got right and wrong according to a nuclear historian

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J. Robert Oppenheimer in the classroom.
J. Robert Oppenheimer in the classroom.

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Secret military files reveal when Russia would consider using nuclear weapons, including the destruction of 20% of its ballistic missile submarines: FT

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Russian nuclear missile rolls along Red Square during the military parade marking the 75th anniversary of Nazi defeat, on June 24, 2020 in Moscow, Russia.
Russian nuclear missile rolls along Red Square during the military parade marking the 75th anniversary of Nazi defeat, on June 24, 2020 in Moscow, Russia.

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Einstein's last message was a dire warning against nuclear war that's still relevant today. Here's what it said.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer working with Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer both feared how nuclear weapons would be used in the future.

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Reports of Russia building nuclear space weapons have alarmed officials, but security experts aren't panicked — yet

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CNN reported Russia is attempting to build a nuclear space weapon with the ability to destroy the world's satellites.

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Oppenheimer's famous quote 'I am become Death' isn't really his. The ominous words come from Hindu scripture.

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J. Robert Oppenheimer in the classroom.
J. Robert Oppenheimer in the classroom.

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