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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.
Hiroshima was bombed by the American military on Aug. 6, 1945, causing the deaths of about 140,000 residents by the end of the year and bringing to a close Japan’s imperial rampage across Asia and the ...
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Remembering the Tragedy of the USS IndianapolisThe days that followed the Indianapolis’ sinking were a harrowing ordeal that tested the limits of human survival.
When the atom bomb was dropped 80 years ago, 140,000 Koreans were in Japan's Hiroshima city, many as forced labour.
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