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How the ‘Little Boy’ Hiroshima nuclear bomb transformed modern warfare forever

The Hiroshima bomb is the most devastating to have been used in real combat. But today’s nuclear weapons are far, far more powerful

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025

‘Children like me had to carry bodies’: Japan A-bomb survivors urge world not to forget 80 years on

HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI ANNIVERSARY: With over 12,000 nuclear warheads still in existence in the world, Maroosha Muzaffar asks are we forgetting the horrors endured by hibakusha, the survivors?

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025

Hiroshima’s fading legacy: the race to secure survivors’ memories amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship

Eighty years on from the destruction of the city, registered survivors of the blast - known as hibakusha – have fallen below 100,000

The Guardian - AU · Aug 5, 2025

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Japan's aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

Survivors of the U.S. atomic attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are dwindling 80 years later, but they are increasingly speaking out against nuclear weapons

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025

Survivors’ voices 80 years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki sound a warning and a call to action

Eighty years ago, in August 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were incinerated by the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war. By the end of that year, approximately 140,000 people had died in Hiroshima and 74,000 in Nagasaki.

The Conversation · Aug 4, 2025

Ninety laptops, millions of dollars: US woman jailed over North Korea remote-work scam

Christine Chapman apologizes for role in identity fraud that amassed millions to allegedly aid nuclear weapons program

The Guardian - US · Aug 3, 2025

Abandon the False Hope’: Forget arms control, The US just got a terrifying reality check on China’s nuclear ambitions

A new report from the Hudson Institute delivers a serious warning about China’s rapidly growing nuclear weapons program.

We Got This Covered · Aug 1, 2025

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Peaceful protest planned at Faslane ahead of 80th anniversary of atomic bomb

A protest is planned at Faslane this weekend to make a fresh call for a world free of nuclear weapons

The National (Scotland) · Aug 1, 2025

Putin threatens Ukraine and Europe with hypersonic missile deployment in Belarus

Russia first used the Oreshnik against Ukraine in November, when it fired the experimental weapon at a factory in Dnipro that built missiles when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union.

Euronews · Aug 1, 2025

Putin says Russia's hypersonic missile has entered service and will be deployed in Belarus

President Vladimir Putin says Russia has started production of its newest hypersonic missile

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

Trump’s second act with North Korea is already facing a familiar problem as ‘denuclearization’ seems like a pipe dream

Where Trump sees "progress," North Korea only sees a giant black hole.

We Got This Covered · Jul 30, 2025

Kim Jong Un’s sister says Trump must accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state

The US president must accept the new reality, North Korea says

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025

North Korea says US must accept its status as a nuclear weapons state

North Korean leader’s powerful sister says talks aimed at denuclearisation would be interpreted as a ‘mockery’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 29, 2025

Origins of Israel’s nuclear ambiguity lie in a secret deal forged between Richard Nixon and Golda Meir – podcast

Israel has never officially confirmed or denied having nuclear weapons and has never signed the nuclear non-proliferation treaty. Instead, even as evidence has emerged about its nuclear capabilities, Israel has maintained a policy of nuclear ambiguity.

The Conversation · Jul 24, 2025

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Windows Central · Jul 23, 2025

US agency overseeing nuclear weapons breached in Microsoft SharePoint attack

Microsoft SharePoint zero-day flaws were exploited to breach over 50 organizations, including the National Nuclear Security Administration.

We Got This Covered · Jul 23, 2025

China successfully hacks US nuclear weapons agency through Microsoft vulnerability, officials insist that’s no big deal

Chinese hackers? In OUR nuclear secrets?

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2025

Campaigners call for Keir Starmer to say if US nuclear weapons are back in UK

CND and experts cite US air force transport flight thought to be carrying tactical bombs that landed at RAF base

The Conversation · Jul 21, 2025

How the world’s nuclear watchdog monitors facilities around the world – and what it means that Iran kicked it out

What happens when a country seeks to develop a peaceful nuclear energy program? Every peaceful program starts with a promise not to build a nuclear weapon. Then, the global community verifies that stated intent via the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

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The National (Scotland) · Jul 16, 2025

£250m cash injection for nukes branded 'gimmick' as Ian Murray makes Scotland trip

A £250 million cash injection for British nuclear weapons housed in Scotland has been branded a “gimmick”.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 15, 2025

Ian Murray to visit Faslane to announce £250m investment in nuclear base

The Scottish Secretary and UK defence procurement minister are to launch a £250 million investment at the base housing the UK's nuclear weapons.

The Conversation · Jul 14, 2025

U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran could fuel a new wave of nuclear proliferation

In the wake of recent strikes by Israel and the United States on Iranian cities, military sites and nuclear facilities, a troubling paradox has emerged: actions intended to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons may actually be accelerating its pursuit of them and encouraging other countries to follow suit.

The Conversation · Jul 11, 2025

How UK-France ‘one in, one out’ migration deal will work – and what the challenges could be

After weeks of rising Channel crossing figures, the UK government has agreed on a long-awaited migration deal with France. Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron announced a “one in, one out” pilot – and the UK prime minister said the “groundbreaking” scheme could start returning migrants to France within weeks. The…

The Conversation · Jul 3, 2025

Military force may have delayed Iran’s nuclear ambitions – but history shows that diplomacy is the more effective nonproliferation strategy

While the U.S. military’s strikes on Iran on June 21, 2025, are believed to have damaged the country’s critical nuclear infrastructure, no evidence has yet emerged showing the program to have been completely destroyed. In fact, an early U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency assessment surmised that the attack merely delayed Iran’s…

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Hiroshima mayor invites Trump to visit after ‘that hit ended the war’ crack comparing WWII atom bomb to Iran strike

President’s comments incited angry backlash in Japan, with Hiroshima’s city assembly passing resolution condemning statements that ‘justify the use of atomic bombs’

The Conversation · Jul 1, 2025

Why the US bombed a bunch of metal tubes − a nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons

When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes in laboratories deep underground. The tubes are centrifuges that produce highly enriched uranium needed to build nuclear weapons.

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