70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Abstract

The rise of nuclear weapons and preparing bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima on August 6 and Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The implications and consequences of the bombing of the Japanese cities. A brief outline of nuclear arms control and disarmament during the Cold War. Current status of nuclear weapons in the world according to the Yearbook of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) in Sweden. Raising the threat of nuclear apocalypse.