Hans Kristensen

Federation of American Scientists

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Director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists 

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It's been 70 years since the US became the first nation to drop an atomic bomb. So far, it's the only one. But how long will that last?

Thinking about the "Unthinkable": the Prospect of Nuclear War

It's been 70 years since the US became the first nation to drop an atomic bomb. So far, it's the only one. But how long will that last?

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