80 Years at the Brink, Time to Change the Narrative - Newton Kansan

80 Years at the Brink, Time to Change the Narrative - Newton Kansan

For 80 years, since the atomic bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world has stood at the brink of nuclear war with the potential for catastrophic loss, threatening all of humanity. Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara said in the years after the Cuban missile crisis that indeed sheer luck was what prevented nuclear war, not superior weapons, brinkmanship, or knowledge. There have been multiple other times where nuclear launc…

Japan at nuclear crossroads 80 years after A-bombings as survivors age

Eighty years after the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan faces with growing urgency the question of how to carry forward the moral voice for ridding the world of nuclear weapons as generational memory fades and nuclear risks rise amid the advancement of technology. Atomic bomb survivors, who…

Eight Decades after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the World is on Brink - The Long Brief

On the 80th anniversary of the first and only use of nuclear weapons, Nobel laureates warn that the world is closer to nuclear war than at any time in history. The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear tests that ushered in the age of atomic weapons and their first use on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On this eightieth anniversary, when humanity should have honoured the memory of the atomic bomb victims by …

8 Decades After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, World Is Back to Nuclear Brink

The year 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the Trinity nuclear tests that ushered in the age of atomic weapons and their first use on the Japanese cities