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Source: NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday"

Roundup

6-4-06

A Short History of the Spread of Nuclear Weapons [audio 3min]

Daniel Schorr, senior news analyst for NPR, looks back on the spread of nuclear technology since the first atomic weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Read entire article at NPR "Weekend Edition Sunday"