No issue has greater urgency and urgent need than ensuring that weapons of mass destruction will never be detonated in anger or, possibly worse, by accident.

TOKYO: Japan this week marks 80 years since the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II.The first on August 6, 1945 killed around 140,000…

At 8.15am on August 6, 1945, 'Little Boy' was released from Enola Gay, the B-29 Superfortress captained by Colonel Paul Tibbets Junior, writes IAIN MACGREGOR.

l 6 agosto 1945 il B-29 americano Enola Gay sganciava su Hiroshima l'ordigno atomico «Little Boy», causando la morte di circa 140.000 persone. Una seconda bomba, «Fat Man», colpì …

Remembrances in Japan, the United States and elsewhere this week mark the only use of atomic weapons in military conflict and against civilian populations.

No issue has greater urgency and urgent need than ensuring that weapons of mass destruction will never be detonated in anger or, possibly worse, by accident.