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  • Side by side still-frames progressively depict the first nuclear explosion.

    80 Years Ago: The First Atomic Explosion, 16 July 1945

    Declassified documents show atomic testing in New Mexico distributed radioactive matter to an extent that the scientists at Los Alamos were ill-prepared for.
    by William Burr via National Security Archive on July 16, 2025
  • President Gerald R. Ford and the Shah of Iran confer over a map in 1975.

    History of Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy Detailed in New Collection

    U.S.-Iran diplomacy, intelligence on South Korea's nuclear program, and fears that a reactor given to India would become a “do-it-yourself bomb kit.”
    by William Burr via National Security Archive on June 25, 2025
  • Sign along empty road reading "Private Road No Entry" in Hebrew and English.

    How Israel Deceived the U.S. and Built the Bomb

    Newly declassified documents reveal how Israel operated under the noses of U.S. inspectors.
    by William Burr, Avner Cohen via Foreign Policy on February 7, 2025
  • David Dobson with scientific equipment.

    Nuclear Proliferation and the “Nth Country Experiment”

    A mid-1960s “do-it-yourself” project produced “credible nuclear weapon” design from open sources.
    by William Burr via National Security Archive on January 23, 2025
  • Henry Kissinger, 1975.

    Henry Kissinger: The Declassified Obituary

    The primary sources on Kissinger’s controversial legacy.
    by Peter Kornbluh, Tom Blanton, William Burr via National Security Archive on November 29, 2023
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