Hiroshima at 81: America’s new nuclear bomb, a buried Iranian target, and a question no one wants to ask Henry Miller | July 30, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/07/30/hiroshima-at-81-americas-new-nuclear-bomb-a-buried-iranian-target-and-a-question-no-one-wants-to-ask/ August 6 is one of the most consequential and emotional anniversaries for Americans, our World War II allies, and Japan—each for different reasons. The Manhattan Project—which developed the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in 1945—was a monumental scientific and technological achievement. The bombs ended the war and saved millions of lives of combatants and civilians.