An atomic bomb survivor has detailed her past experience and warned the world that a repetition of the past could be on the way soon. 81-year-old Masako Wada was just under two years old when the Nagasaki bomb dropped near her home.
Since then, she has been working with other survivors to promote a peaceful world free of nuclear warfare. With fears of World War 3 rife in the minds of the general public and world leaders, she warns two places in particular are potential targets for a nuclear bomb.
Masako looked back at the current world tensions. Currently, British forces helped shoot down a number of drones and missiles. Iran confirmed to have fired towards Israel on Saturday night into Sunday morning. Adding to this, rumours have been tossed around that British long-range missiles were sent into Russia during their 1000 day conflict with Ukraine.
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Speaking to El Pais, Masako warned that Russia and Israel have a large nuclear arsenal, which could be utilised soon. In particular, she thinks Ukraine and the Middle East would be affected.
She said: “Russia and Israel have nuclear weapons, and the risk of their use is increasing in Ukraine and the Middle East. We have a president [Putin] who keeps threatening to use them. The nuclear taboo, or the sense that nuclear weapons should never be used, is diminishing because of the worsening crises.
“People don’t know what could happen if a nuclear weapon is used. They don’t know what happened when it was used.” She is involved in an organisation named the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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This ensures countries with nuclear weapons are held to account and agree not to aggravate an all-out war. Masako claims that the members of this treaty have not held their promises, which could lead to nuclear weapon warfare.
Masako, who remembers the scars and extreme PTSD of the survivors of the atomic bomb warns people of the danger of the implied war. She hopes people can remember a peaceful time.
She added: “We call for peace and the abolition of nuclear weapons, not through weapons, but through dialogue and our words.”
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