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Re:Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your ga... by bigDinosaur on Monday July 18, 2022 @09:00PM (#32146158)
Nuclear weapons were developed by the Soviets before the end of the 40's, so it was a very narrow window where the US was the sole holder of all nuclear arms (about five years).
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Re:Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your ga... by rstupek on Monday July 18, 2022 @09:46PM (#32146532)
Five years is an eternity though. The major factor was more likely we didn't have the capacity to produce a large number of nuclear weapons to tip the balance
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Re:Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your ga... by lostlogin on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @03:24AM (#32148500)
> Nuclear weapons were developed by the Soviets before the end of the 40's

Developed/stolen.

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