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Also Known As thermonuclear weapon • atomic weapon

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
prime minister of India
David Lange
prime minister of New Zealand
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
president of India
Alva Myrdal.
Alva Reimer Myrdal
Swedish diplomat
Raja Ramanna
Indian nuclear physicist
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
British logician and philosopher
Teller, Edward
Edward Teller
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Abdul Qadeer Khan
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Freeman Dyson
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