The B61-13 nuclear bomb has a maximum yield of 360 kilotons and is 24 more times more powerful than the "Little Boy" atomic ...

Today is the anniversary of Hiroshima – when an atomic bomb nicknamed Little Boy was ... the US and Japan had been growing for decades before the Second World War. Japan had occupied parts ...

documentWW2: Countdown to Hiroshima: The bomb that changed the world A timeline of the events in the days and hours before the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. WW2: How close did D ...

It was just before 8:15am, and my sister and I ... Many of them are far more powerful than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.

A chaplain offers a prayer for the crews, before the men file out in ... 200,000 people were killed as a result of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A timeline of the most ...

(THE CONVERSATION) At the end of Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian Japanese anime film “Akira,” a throbbing, white mass begins to envelop Neo-Tokyo. Eventually, its swirling winds engulf the metropolis, ...

There are other countries with nuclear weapons who might see “pre-emptive” strikes as the most rational self-defense ...

Before visiting the A-bomb sites in Hiroshima with kids, read this first-hand guide to know how to prepare and what to expect ...

At a news conference toward the end of August, Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui referred to a group that refused to vacate the open space before the Atomic Bomb Dome. “Countermeasures must be ...

On the morning of January 17, 1966, an American B-52 bomber on a secret mission over Cold War-era Europe collided mid-air ...

A tree surgeon in Hiroshima lovingly treats ... the heat rays and blast of the atomic bombing, and still stand to this day. The trees are resting before the coming of spring, so it's a good ...

History’s simple telling is that the United States unleashed the two most lethal weapons of World War Two or any other war ...