Red Mercury, Part 2
The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
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Dispatches on the Trail of Red Mercury
On Dispatches tonight, the hunt for a devastating new chemical compound that could make a nuclear bomb the size of a teacup. But does it exist, or is it all a giant hoax? In tonight's dispatch, journalist Gwyn Roberts travels across three continents to search for the men who claim they can prove the existence of this mysterious substance. If it does exist, who's buying it and who's selling? What sort of threat does it really pose for us all? That's Dispatches on the Trail of Red Mercury.
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