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aug 29, 1949 - ‘First Lightning’

Description:

USSR tested its first A-bomb as a response to the United States' monopoly on atomic weapons, as the Soviets sought to establish parity and deterrence during the Cold War.

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Date:

aug 29, 1949
Now
~ 75 years ago