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Only two nuclear weapons have been used in the course of [[warfare]], both by the United States near the end of [[World War II]]. On 6 August 1945, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium uranium] gun-type device code-named "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy Little Boy]" was detonated over the Japanese [[city]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima Hiroshima]. Three days later, on 9 August, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium plutonium] implosion-type device code-named "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man Fat Man]" was exploded over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki,_Japan Nagasaki, Japan]. These two bombings resulted in the deaths of approximately 200,000 Japanese people—mostly civilians—from acute [[injuries]] sustained from the explosions. The role of the bombings in Japan's [[surrender]], and their [[ethical]] status, remain the subject of scholarly and popular [[debate]].

Only two nuclear weapons have been used in the course of [[warfare]], both by the United States near the end of [[World War II]]. On 6 August 1945, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium uranium] gun-type device code-named "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Boy Little Boy]" was detonated over the Japanese [[city]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima Hiroshima]. Three days later, on 9 August, a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium plutonium] implosion-type device code-named "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Man Fat Man]" was exploded over [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki,_Japan Nagasaki, Japan]. These two bombings resulted in the deaths of approximately 200,000 Japanese people—mostly civilians—from acute [[injuries]] sustained from the explosions. The role of the bombings in Japan's [[surrender]], and their [[ethical]] status, remain the subject of scholarly and popular [[debate]].

 

Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have been detonated on over two thousand occasions for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing testing purposes] and [[demonstrations]]. Only a few nations possess such weapons or are suspected of seeking them. The only countries known to have detonated nuclear weapons—and that acknowledge possessing such weapons—are (chronologically by date of first test) the United States, the Soviet Union (succeeded as a nuclear power by Russia), the United Kingdom, France, the People's Republic of China, India, Pakistan, and North Korea. In addition, Israel is also widely believed to possess nuclear weapons, though it does not acknowledge having them. One state, South Africa, has admitted to having previous fabricated nuclear weapons in the past, but has since disassembled their arsenal and submitted to international safeguards.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_bomb]

Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have been detonated on over two thousand occasions for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing testing purposes] and [[demonstrations]]. Only a few nations possess such weapons or are suspected of seeking them. The only countries known to have detonated nuclear weapons—and that acknowledge possessing such weapons—are (chronologically by date of first test) the United States, the Soviet Union (succeeded as a nuclear power by Russia), the United Kingdom, France, the People's Republic of China, India, Pakistan, and North Korea. In addition, Israel is also widely believed to possess nuclear weapons, though it does not acknowledge having them. One state, South Africa, has admitted to having previous fabricated nuclear weapons in the past, but has since disassembled their arsenal and submitted to international safeguards.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom_bomb]

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