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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/11/19etm8atvma3ljpg.jpg?quality=751024769In the aftermath of the Second World War, it quickly became evident to the British government that Americans had no intention of sharing their newly acquired nuclear weapons technology despite the UK’s assistance in the Manhattan Project. As such the British government set about building its own atomic arsenal which eventually led to the UK’s […]