In July of 1945 a team of scientists and engineers working under the command of General Groves on the Manhattan Project demonstrated at the Trinity site in New Mexico that a rapid series of chain reactions could be harnessed to make a nuclear weapon. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Much of the standard-issue equipment of US Army infantrymen proved poorly adapted to jungle and counter-insurgency warfare (Bernard 96). ... They depended mainly on the Ho Chi Mihn Trail for arms and ammunition site. ...

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In 1979 NATO ministers adopted a "dual track" strategy to counter the soviets decision to deploy SS 20 intermediate range missile. ... To ensure that the treaty was being followed they established various types of on site inspections. ...

• Word Count: 1555
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School