Nagasaki

Nuclear weapons generate their huge explosive power through the splitting—or fission—of certain elements, such as uranium or plutonium.

U.S. forces dropped nuclear bombs on both cities at the end of WWII, killing up to 210,000 men, women, and children.

"Biden and Putin have veto power over the continued existence of life on earth and Xi Jinping appears to be trying to join them in this lethal perversity."

"People who speak of nuclear war are always speaking of it from the shadows. They, nor those around them, ever think that they could also be victims."

Bestselling author Greg Mitchell debates Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebeccah Heinrichs.

No single human being should be able to wield moral culpability for an action that could lead to millions of lives lost.

It has been 75 years since any nation used a nuclear weapon during wartime.

Sunday marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Nagasaki, which came days before the end of World War Two.

For 75 years and counting, the courage of the Hibakusha kept the worst and most destructive instincts of world leaders at bay.

"All those people that were going to be killed? I was praying for them," Lawrence Johnston said at the time.

75 years ago, the world's first nuclear bomb was dropped. How did it change the nature of conflict, how do we now view the use of nuclear weapons and what will determine their use in the future?

On one occasion, asked how long it took him to decide to use the new device, he simply snapped his fingers.

The U.S. became the first, and to this day only, nation in the world to use a nuclear weapon against a foreign adversary on August 6, 1945.

It has been 75 years since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities, killing thousands of people.

The atomic bomb was meant for Kokura, not Nagasaki.

Atomic bombs, which devastated two Japanese cities, pale in comparison to the power of nuclear weapons today.

Now more than ever, they fear the threat of nuclear war.

The bombs that exploded in the air above the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the first and last use of atomic weapons in human history.

The atomic bombs killed hundreds of thousands of people and ended World War II.

Do the threats from the Islamic State justify taking the risks and paying the costs to change it?

He must decide whether to continue certifying the deal and waiving sanctions against Tehran.

The current estimated price tag is $1.74 trillion over three decades.

Tokuko Kimura was 10 years old when she became victim to the second of the only two nuclear attacks in history and 72 years later she's fighting to ensure it never happens again.

Amnesty International has launched a campaign to highlight abductions in Syria.

The mayor of Nagasaki urged world leaders to end their dangerous rhetoric.

Despite the U.S.'s deadly atomic bomb attacks on Japan during World War II, the two countries mostly see eye to eye on North Korea.

The U.S. said it will refuse to sign the U.N.-sanctioned Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

The threat from nuclear weapons is increasing. We are woefully ill-prepared for the aftermath.

Tens of thousands died instantly when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945.

A 'Newsweek' article, published August 13, 1945, offers insight into the immediate American reaction to the bombing of Hiroshima.