How was the USA/Russia able to build nuclear weapons in the 1940s, but countries today aren’t able to just as easily?

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How was the USA/Russia able to build nuclear weapons in the 1940s, but countries today aren’t able to just as easily?

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It was never easy.

The Manhattan Project cost over $2B in the 40s. That’s $25B in current dollars.

That’s more than a rich country like Canada spends on it’s entire military.

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