A hundred Hiroshimas
A hundred Hiroshimas
Hind Hassan examines the prospect of a new nuclear arms race, the companies helping to fuel it, and the dangers it poses.
Eighty years after the first and only time nuclear weapons have been used – the US bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 – the risk of the unthinkable happening again has never been greater.
The world’s largest nuclear powers – Russia and the United States – are as close as they’ve been to conflict since the height of the Cold War.
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As they upgrade their nuclear capabilities, even talking openly about using them, all signs point to the beginnings of a second nuclear arms race.
Only this time, there aren’t just two players, but three: China, once a junior member of the nuclear club, is expanding its arsenal faster than any other nation.