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Union of Concerned Scientists
Co-director of the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists
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Lisbeth Gronlund
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FROM Lisbeth Gronlund
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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? Today there are some 16,000 nuclear weapons in nine countries, and they're many times more powerful than those used against Japan.
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