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No more Hiroshimas, no more Nagasakis
The US dropped two atomic bombs on Japan simply to demonstrate their capability, not for a quick victory – it can never be trusted with nuclear weapons, writes KATE HUDSON
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SEVENTY FOUR YEARS ago today, the US dropped an atom bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Three days later it dropped another on Nagasaki. Tens of thousands died instantly and many more over the subsequent weeks and months from toxic radiation.
By the end of 1950, over 340,000 were dead as a result of the two bombs.
Nuclear weapons are still with us, with all their appalling and much-increased killing potential. Not only are all nuclear weapons states modernising their arsenals, but the advent of Donald Trump in the White House has meant a shift in nuclear policy towards “usable” nuclear weapons – and an increase in the number of scenarios in which they may be used.
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