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Lyndon Johnson: “One modern warhead today carries enough firepower to make the nuclear blast of 20 years ago seem a very pale flicker by…”

On the recordMay 26, 1965
One modern warhead today carries enough firepower to make the nuclear blast of 20 years ago seem a very pale flicker by comparison.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Signing of the Bill Extending the Arms Control and Disarmament Act

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