Nuclear weapons—or rather, the atomic bomb—were nearing completion, and Arthur was not surprised.
To be honest, although the Americans developed the atomic bomb ten years later, they only took about three years from the official establishment of the Manhattan Project.
Australasia had begun developing the atomic bomb after World War I, and by now, more than ten years had passed.
Given that Australasia had monopolized most of the uranium mines in the Congo, if its atomic-bomb development had not advanced by leaps and bounds, the only explanation would be that the scientists working on it were incompetent.
In reality, with the entire nation's strength committed to the effort, developing the atomic bomb was not as easy as imagined, but it was certainly not as difficult as imagined either.
Several years ago, the extraction of Uranium-235 had already been completed, and the nuclear-weapons research team's primary focus had shifted to safety and detonation devices.
For such an unprecedented weapon, maintaining a certain degree of caution was extremely important.
The raw material of nuclear weapons—uranium ore—was already highly radioactive, to say nothing of specially extracted nuclear materials.
If caution was not maintained during nuclear-weapons development, even a single accident would deal Australasia a devastating blow.
The good news was that before every experiment, the theoretical physicists led by Einstein carried out extensive calculations to ensure its safety.
So far, Australasia's nuclear-weapons development had proceeded steadily, with no accidents whatsoever.
According to the nuclear-weapons laboratory, Australasia's first nuclear test might be conducted at the end of this year.
If the nuclear test went smoothly, the successful creation of the first nuclear weapon—the atomic bomb—should come sometime next year.
Arthur was filled with anticipation. Even if the atomic bomb could only be delivered by aircraft in the short term, it was still an extremely