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This Is the Strangest Weapon the U.S. Military Doesn't Want You to Know About
The article "This Is the Strangest Weapon the U.S. Military Doesn't Want You to Know About" from BBC Science Focus delves into the secretive nature of military innovations. It highlights Fogbank, a classified material used in nuclear warheads, and discusses how its manufacturing process was lost and later rediscovered.
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The Manhattan Project: Building the First Atomic Bomb
The article "The Manhattan Project: Building the First Atomic Bomb" from BBC's HistoryExtra explains how a top-secret U.S. military project developed the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II. It covers the project's origins, key figures like J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that marked the start of the Atomic Age.