A nuclear weapon is a bomb or warhead whose great explosive power derives from the release of nuclear energy. They are the most monstrous weapons of our time and there is no illusion about the reality of their danger. The world watched in horror when the USA dropped two Atomic Bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War. At 8:15 in the morning on 6th August 1945, the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima with a blinding flash in the sky, and a great rush of air and a loud rumble of noise extended for many miles around the city. The first blast was followed by the sounds of falling buildings, growing fires, and a great cloud of dust and smoke began to cast a pall of darkness over the city. The bomb of Nagasaki was dropped on August 9th 1945 again early in the morning with similar effects. These two bombs resulted in nearly a quarter of a million casualties and further generations of infant mortality, birth defects, cancers, leukaemia's and emotional and physical scarring. …
