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Eighty-One Years. The Lesson Unlearned.
The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, preserved as a memorial to the victims of the 6 August 1945 nuclear bombing and as a warning against nuclear war.

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Eighty-One Years. The Lesson Unlearned.

On Hiroshima's 81st anniversary, the US has depleted nearly 80% of its nuclear-intercepting missiles in a war about nuclear weapons. The ICC is being dismantled. North Korea is building. The lesson drawn from August 6, 1945 was the right one. August 2026 is a different story.

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