With great power comes great responsibility.
Today in 1945, the history of our little planet took a sharp turn. About a hundred thousand lives were extinguished in an instant.
Think about this for a moment. I am sorry that it will get you down. But please — we all owe it to them, and we owe it to ourselves — take the time. Read. Learn. Think. Let it colour your actions. This is the world we live in. It's worth a piece of your Saturday.
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — Wikipedia
- Nuclear non-proliferation treaty — Wikipedia
- Nuclear power — Wikipedia
- Nuclear warfare — Wikipedia
- Nuclear weapons and the United States — Wikipedia
- United States and weapons of mass destruction — Wikipedia
- Is there a role for nuclear weapons today? — answers from six global leaders and policy practitioners
- Congress considers funding nuclear weapons testing — Utah Daily Herald
- U. S. saw spread of nuclear arms as "inevitable" — a recently declassified 1975 CIA report
- Iran rejects EU's civil nuclear arms proposal — San Jose Mercury News
- Nuclear talks with North Korea stall over civilian programs — San Jose Mercury News
- India, Pakistan hold talks on nuclear confidence-building measures — Hindustan Times
- Nuclear risks grow as memories fade — South Carolina Herald
- House Resolution 373 — Rep. Lynn Woolsey
- Atomic Bomb Museum — the story of the bombings, their effects, and the history of nuclear policies
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
- A Tale of Two Cities — movie produced by the United States War Department in 1946
- Perspectives on ethical issues regarding nuclear weapons
- Nuclear earth-penetrating weapons — article by the UCS
- Nuclear earth-penetrating weapons — animation by the UCS
- U. S. Nuclear Policy: Dangerous and Counterproductive — article by the UCS
- The Bush Administration's Stockpile Reduction Plan — by the NRDC
- Nuclear Insecurity — by the NRDC (full report in PDF)