The Cuban Missile Crisis, Part 1 of 2
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The Saar Bomba - The Largest Nuclear Weapon Ever Constructed
In 1961, the U.S. had 500 nuclear warheads and the Soviet Union had 50. President Gilpatrick said: 'The missile gap is actually in our favour' Days after Roswell speech, one particular Soviet missile test stuns American observers. The largest nuclear weapon ever constructed is set off far out in the icy depths of the Russian Arctic Sea. Some genuinely fear its detonation threatens the health of the planet itself.
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