US EditionEighty Years After Hiroshima: How Close Is Nuclear Conflict?
- Today marks 80 years since the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, resulting in over 140,000 deaths, and a similar attack occurred on Nagasaki three days later, leading to Japan's surrender in World War II.
- Melissa Parke, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, warned that the risk of nuclear weapons use is higher than ever, stating the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki would today be described as tactical nuclear weapons.
- Many leaders have not learned from Hiroshima, according to Stephen Herzog from the Middlebury Institute, as they face a new age of nuclear threats amid conflicts involving nuclear-armed states.
- Calls for nuclear disarmament arise as tensions grow, with Parke emphasizing the need to eliminate all nuclear weapons and dismantle the notion of nuclear deterrence.
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Eighty years after Hiroshima: how close is nuclear conflict?
Today marks 80 years since the US dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.More than 140,000 people died – tens of thousands instantaneously – with 70,000 perishing in a second bomb over Nagasaki three days later.Yet as the world marks the anniversary, it seems that many of today's leaders have failed to learn the lessons of that terrible epoch-defining day.What did the commentators say?The memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki…
According to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the message was: Never again. But 80 years after the atomic bomb, this goal threatens to falter. Fear of a new nuclear conflict overshadows the memory in Japan. By J. Edelhoff.
Risk of Nuclear War Reaches Historic High, Says ICAN - teleSUR English
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) warned on Wednesday that the risk of nuclear weapons being used is now greater than ever before due to ongoing tensions and conflicts, on the day that marks the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. RELATED: Hiroshima Memorial Set for Record Attendance in 2025 “The risk of the use of nuclear weapons is higher now than ever. We are facing a series of confrontations and conflicts…
Eighty years of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And we have learned nothing. In recent days, Trump has given the order to send nuclear submarines to the vicinity of Russia while Putin continues with his rhetoric of fear, assuming that a third world war could be closer than it seems.
On this day 80 years ago, the world changed forever when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during World War II. The city has been rebuilt, but nuclear conflict remains a global threat, the UN High Representative for the UN warned on Wednesday.
OPINION. There is no "responsible" way of possessing nuclear weapons, which constitute the greatest risk to the survival of our civilization, writes Florian Eblenkamp, responsible for the advocacy of the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear WeaponsOn August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb. Tens of thousands of people died instantly, many others succumbed to after-effects for years or even decades. Wh…
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