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Bockscar: We Visited the B-29 Bomber That Dropped The Atomic Bomb On Nagasaki

-On August 6, 1945, the B-29 Enola Gay dropped the "Little Boy" uranium bomb on Hiroshima, killing up to 166,000 people. [caption id="attachment_22456" align ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Truman never ordered the use of the atomic bombs—but he did order atomic bombings to be stopped

When it comes to marking anniversaries of the atomic bomb, there are a few obvious choices. July 16, 1945, was the date of the Trinity test, the first nuclear explosion, and has been used by some as ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

General Groves invented the Atomic Bomb, not Oppenheimer

Editor’s note: This essay is paired with a second essay that offers a contrasting perspective about J. Robert Oppenheimer. On August 6, 1945, the day the atomic bomb exploded above the city of ...
CNN

Bomb explodes outside home of top Italian investigative journalist

A bomb exploded outside the home of one of Italy’s top investigative journalists late on Thursday, damaging two cars and a nearby house, prompting messages of solidarity for the reporter from ...
Business Insider

Photos show the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar bomber that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki

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