Tag: nuclear

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Gerald Holtom used a combination of the semaphore symbols for the letters ‘N’ and ‘D’, standing for nuclear disarmament to create it.
Over the years, the symbol became popular & came to symbolize more that it was intended to. Its Unicode symbol is U+262E.
What am I talking about?
ND

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The Peace Symbol
The symbol was created in 1958 as a symbol for Britain's campaign for nuclear disarmament. It went on to be widely adopted in the American anti-war movement in the 1960s and was re-interpreted as generically representing world peace.
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At the end of the World War I, the German navy sank their own naval fleet rather than handing it over the British Royal Navy, going against Treaty of Versailles. This was done at Scapa Flow, an archipelago north of UK.
The scrap from the sunken fleet became more valuable after World War II and is being currently used in a scientific tool.
Can you identify how these scraps are being used?

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The steel from the scrap is used for Geiger counter, used to measure radioactivity. This is because the steel was formed in pre-atomic era and is not contaminated.
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Connect the following:
1. Fighters in the American Revolutionary War, known for their fast reaction
2. Goddess of Fire
3. Eastern wind in Chinese
4. A three pronged spear
5. Russian for white poplar tree

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These are names of ICBM or nuclear capable missiles of different countries.
1. Minutemen - USA
2. Agni - India
3. DongFeng - China
4. Trident - UK
5. Topol - Russia
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