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Race for the Superbomb

S11E2 Jan 11, 1999 Runtime TBD

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At the dawn of the Cold War, the United States initiated a top secret program in New Mexico to build a weapon even more powerful than the atomic bomb dropped on Japan. A world away, on the frozen steppes of Siberia, the Soviet Union began a similar effort. A web of spies and scientists, intrigue and deception marked the race to develop the hydrogen bomb, a weapon that would change the world.

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Episode: S11E2

Aired: Jan 11, 1999

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