A sobering memory
August 6 2026 – Eighty-one years ago this morning, a mere 1.7% of 141 pounds of Uranium 235 went critical 1,900 feet over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Some 70,000 people were instantly vaporized or burned to death in a radioactive firestorm. The total killed by the first use of nuclear weapons in combat would … Read more