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Bookmark or Share- Plowshare Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of PLOWSHARE is a part of a plow that cuts the furrow.
- How Operation Plowshare Worked - HowStuffWorksThe Plowshares Movement is an anti-nuke organization, made famous by the "Plowshares Eight" who broke into a nuclear facility in Pennsylvania where they hammered on warheads and poured blood on files and documents.
- Plowshare - WikipediaIn agriculture, a plowshare (US) or ploughshare (UK; / ˈplaʊʃɛər /) is a component of a plow (or plough). It is the cutting or leading edge of a moldboard which closely follows the coulter (one or more ground-breaking spikes) when plowing.
- Project Plowshare - WikipediaThe 1962 "Sedan" plowshares shot displaced 12 million tons of earth and created a crater 320 feet (98 m) deep and 1,280 feet (390 m) wide. Project Plowshare was the overall United States program for the development of techniques to use nuclear explosives for peaceful construction purposes.
- Plowshare and Vela Uniform Fact Sheet - Department of EnergyOn June 6, 1958, the existence of the Plowshare Program and its goal to utilize nuclear explosives for peaceful purposes were unveiled to the public. The program’s name is a biblical reference to “beating swords into plowshares.” Scientists proposed using nuclear detonations for civil works projects and industrial applications.
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