On August 9, 1945, the American B-29 bomber, Bock's Car left Tinian carrying Fat Man, a plutonium implosion-type bomb. The primary target was the Kokura Arsenal, but upon reaching the target, they found that it was covered by a heavy ground haze and smoke, pilot Charles Sweeney turned to the secondary target of the Mitsubishi Torpedo Plant at Nagasaki. Of the 286,00 people living in Nagasaki at the time of the blast, 74,000 were killed and another 75,000 sustained severe injuries. Source: National ArchivesDeterrence Still Works For States, But Not For Terrorists -- The Telegraph
If a nuclear-armed Iran is worrying, the idea of al-Qaeda with nukes is appalling, says Alasdair Palmer.
The international conference on "nuclear disarmament" organised in Tehran this weekend by the Iranian government is an attempt to distract the world's attention from the fact that Iran is poised to acquire its own nuclear arsenal. An Iran armed with nuclear warheads, and the missiles with which to lob them at nearby countries, is a very frightening prospect – but it's not nearly as frightening as terrorists armed with nukes.
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My Comment: Are we in a state of denial .... after reading this commentary I will have to say yes.