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Race for Discovery

Race for Discovery. Trinity. July 16, 1945: America creates the first atomic bomb, nicknamed Trinity. RDS-1/First Lightning. April 28, 1949: first atomic bomb developed by the Soviet Union. Mike. 1 November, 1952: American-made first hydrogen bomb. RDS-6.

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Race for Discovery

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  1. Race for Discovery

  2. Trinity • July 16, 1945: America creates the first atomic bomb, nicknamed Trinity

  3. RDS-1/First Lightning • April 28, 1949: first atomic bomb developed by the Soviet Union

  4. Mike • 1 November, 1952: American-made first hydrogen bomb

  5. RDS-6 • 4 August 1953: Soviet Union’s first Hydrogen bomb • Smaller than America’s; easier to deploy

  6. Castle Bravo • March 1, 1954: American H-bomb • Tested on Bikini Atoll island • After effects of the bomb spread past the testing site and began to affect civilians

  7. Tsar Bomba • Oct 30, 1961: Bomb created by the Soviet Union. • the most powerful explosive weapon to be created.

  8. Sputnik(1) • October 4, 1957: first man-made satellite, developed by the Soviet Union • Sputnik 2 (1957) is the one that carried Laika, the first animal launched into orbit

  9. Star Wars • 1983: Program to develop an anti-ballistic missile system in order to prevent missile attacks • Nuclear X-rays lasers • Subatomic particle beams • Computer-guided projectiles • All under control of a supercomputer system

  10. Stargate Project • one of several sub-projects established by the U.S. Federal Government to investigate claims of psychic phenomena with potential military applications • Remote viewing: ability to psychically "see" events, sites, or information from a great distance • 1970s through 1995 and were primarily handled by the CIA

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