Nuclear age began 81 years ago with lies, could end the same way

The atomic age began with a lie. Eighty-one years ago this week, a single American airplane, flying almost unnoticed over a Japanese city, dropped a single bomb that destroyed the entire city. Three days later another American plane destroyed a second city. The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 killed [...] The post Nuclear age began 81 years ago with lies, could end the same way appeared first on Asia Times .
2026-08-07 23:58:00