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Postwar Nuclear Arms Warning

United States · Warfare / Nuclear. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945

Robert Oppenheimer17 August 1945

Washington · Warfare / Nuclear

Oppenheimer warns Stimson that atomic weapons will improve, defenses will remain inadequate, and the United States cannot expect a permanent nuclear monopoly.

Names involved

Robert Oppenheimer

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