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Weapons & Warfare


On 31st January, 1950,
 U.S. President Truman gave his approval for the hydrogen bomb to be built... Read more »

On 21st January, 1954,
 The first atomic submarine was launched... Read more »

On 1st March, 1954,
 The first practical hydrogen bomb was tested in the Bikini Atoll... Read more »

On 6th February, 1959,
 The U.S. first launched the Titan 1 liquid fuelled missile.... Read more »

On 9th June, 1959,
 The first submarine armed with ballistic missiles was launched... Read more »

On 13th April, 1960,
 The first navigational satellite, the Transit-1B, was launched... Read more »

On 29th March, 1967,
 The Le Redoutable nuclear powered submarine was launched... Read more »

On 5th March, 1970,
 The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty went into effect, limiting the transfer of nuclear weapons... Read more »

On 10th April, 1972,
 The Biological Weapons Convention was signed... Read more »

On 28th February, 1994,
 The Brady Bill went into effect in the USA, implementing background checks before a handgun could be purchased... Read more »