Word: thermonuclear
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...threatened by thermonuclear weapons, any action by the free nations must be carefully thought out, and the advantages it implies weighed against the possibility of precipitating a Third World War, a war that would be so horrible as to render trifling by comparison the Russians' brutal treatment of the Hungarian patriots. With a deep sense of regret it must be conceded that a morally demanded defense of embattled Hungary is not worth a Third World War and its havoc to man kind...
...Explained that it was not always possible, Stevenson to the contrary, to detect thermonuclear tests in Russia. "We believe that we have detected practically all such tests to date. It is however impossible ... to have positive assurance . . . except in the case of the largest weapons...
Course of Wisdom. With such bewildering international counterpoint, the argument over the testing of thermonuclear weapons soared to a crescendo with the 1956 campaign. The headlines had barely caught up with Adlai before the White House was back with the promised Government report, in which the President reiterated that the course of wisdom was to negotiate a foolproof disarmament agreement with the Russians before throwing away the U.S. nuclear lead. "One truth must never be lost from sight," Ike wrote. "It is this: the critical issue is not a matter of testing nuclear weapons-but of preventing their...
...headlines, and President Eisenhower, after slashing back at Stevenson in his Portland and Hollywood Bowl speeches, announced that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Defense Secretary Charles Wilson and Atomic Energy Commissioner Lewis Strauss would prepare a full-dress answer to Stevenson and explanation of the Administration's thermonuclear program. Although no one knew precisely how much new information they might bring to bear, some of the obvious answers were that Stevenson...
...Missed the basic point of atomic weapons research: nuclear experimentation is in its infancy. To stop thermonuclear testing now would mean that scientists might not discover their mistakes until too late (some of the most profitable tests have been the fizzles), might miss a breakthrough to a whole new magnitude of nuclear understanding...