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Here’s how big our nuclear arsenal is 80 years after the first atomic bomb
The first series of thermonuclear tests took place on Nov. 1, 1952, on the small Pacific island of Elugelab at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The explosion yielded an energy equivalent of 10 megatons of TNT, an amount roughly 1,000 times as large as that released by the Hiroshima bomb.
On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and three days later, dropped another one on Nagasaki.
As the world marks the 80th anniversary of the first use of a nuclear weapon, on the Japanese city of Hiroshima near the end ...
When Iowa pilot Paul Tibbets redirected the B-29 after dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the taste of metal lingered in his mouth from radiation.
Koko Kondo's story is one of choosing forgiveness over hate—and is a lesson for humanity, writes David Cavell.
Burned and sickened by radiation, many of Hiroshima’s survivors forgave. They wove pacifism into their DNA, the vanguards of a vanquished nation that cast off decades of imperialism. People ringing ...
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Remembering the Tragedy of the USS Indianapolis
The days that followed the Indianapolis’ sinking were a harrowing ordeal that tested the limits of human survival.
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‘Apocalyptic’ pictures of Gaza’s devastation echo the destruction of the Hiroshima bomb 80 years on
Palestinians have been represented for the first time at a memorial for the bomb dropped on Japan, amid warnings the world ...
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