atom-bomb

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atom-bomb - bomb with atomic weapons

nuke

bomb, bombard - throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden"

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The Japanese military in Hiroshima made no attempt to defend against the atom-bomb attack because

1945: dropping the bomb: sixty years ago this August, the nuclear age began with U.S. attacks on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Symonds, 63, is in the same KGB files which revealed that Melita, 87, passed vital atom-bomb secrets to Moscow for 40 years.

TRAITOR GRANNY IS TIP OF THE ICEBERG

atom-bomb attack that helped break the war-making will of Japan, marked the rise of a superpower.

The Power of FORCE

A Japanese mission to research the health condition of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom-bomb survivors living in North Korea arrived Tuesday in Pyongyang, the official (North) Korean Central News Agency reported.