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Treaty Between The United States Of America And The Union Of Soviet Socialist Republics On The Elimination Of Their Intermediate-Range And Shorter-Range Missiles (INF Treaty)
The treaty marked the first agreement between the two superpowers to reduce their nuclear arsenals, rather than simply limit their growth. It specifically required the elimination of all ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges…
May 12, 1989: Commencement Address at Texas A&M University
This speech, delivered by President George H.W. Bush at Texas A&M University, addresses U.S.-Soviet relations and outlines a vision for a new approach toward peace and cooperation in the post-Cold War era. The core themes relate to evolving global…
Report by Chairman of the Committee for State Security on American "Discoverer" Satellites
A report to the CC CPSU on six American "Discoverer" model satellites with speculation about the satellites' military or surveillance purposes.
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April 26, 1986, signified the boundary between life and death. A new reckoning of time began. This photo was taken from a helicopter on the day following the explosion. The destroyed Chernobyl reactor, one of four units operating at the site in…
The continental scale of the Chernobyl accident
The accident involving reactor meltdown and massive release of radioactivity occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant situated seven kilometres south of the Ukraine- Belarus border, at the confluence of the Pripyat and Dnieper…
nuclear power plant diagram
Schematic diagram of a nuclear power plant using a pressurized-water reactor.