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Now playing Next USA Archive footage of secret US nuclear tests made public The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California has made public an archive of 10,000 videos showing secret nuclear tests carried out by the USA. 13/04/2017
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Now playing Next Korea North Korea faces ''overwhelming'' response if it uses nuclear weapons, warns US defence chief Mattis Donald Trump’s defence secretary has warned North Korea that it will face an “effective and overwhelming” response if it choses to use a nuclear weapon. 03/02/2017