Five ways that nuclear weapons could still be used | Alex Wellerstein

Seventy years on from the bombing of Hiroshima, the danger of nuclear war has reduced greatly - but not completely

On 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb to be used in anger detonated over the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, it was Nagasaki's turn. That was the last such attack. Despite the worst of the cold war's close calls, like the Cuban missile crisis, no other nuclear weapons have ever been used outside of testing. Seven decades later, it is worth asking: could it happen again? Here are five possible nuclear use scenarios.

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