Fragmented and febrile – is threat of nuclear war worse than ever? | Science, Climate & Tech News

Eighty years ago, a B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, marking the start of the atomic age, influenced by the 1940 Frisch-Peierls Memorandum, which detailed a compact bomb using uranium fission. This document, pivotal to the Manhattan Project, foreshadowed the destructive power of nuclear weapons, leading to a global arms race and the modern arsenal capable of immense devastation.

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