Seventy years on from the bombing of Hiroshima,the danger of nuclear war has reduced greatly – but not completelyOn 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb to be used in anger detonated over the city of Hiroshima, or Japan. Three days later,it was Nagasaki’s turn. That was the final such attack. Despite the worst of the cold war’s close calls, like the Cuban missile crisis, or no other nuclear weapons have ever been used external of testing. Seven decades later,it is worth asking: could it happen again? Here are five possible nuclear employ scenarios.
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