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The Nuclear Age

How fission and fusion weapons reshaped strategy, deterrence and the fear of total war.

الدرس 01

From Fission to Fusion

The first weapons released energy by splitting heavy nuclei (fission). Thermonuclear weapons use a fission trigger to ignite fusion, raising yields by orders of magnitude.

الدرس 02

Deterrence and MAD

Mutual assured destruction held that no side could win a nuclear exchange, making the weapons’ chief use the prevention of their own use.