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The US, working with the British, developed the atomic bomb, as it was then called, because it was believed that Nazi Germany was well on the way to making one and it was necessary to be able to match them if they began to use, or threatened to use, such a weapon.
As it turned out, the Germans had not been able to overcome technical as well as political problems and were never near to construction of an atomic bomb. Germany surrendered before the American/British effort had been completed.
The bomb, once developed, was used on Japan to bring the Pacific war to a sudden end. While there has been subsequent controversy about whether the bomb should have been used on Japan, at the time there were very few people who were aware of the bomb's existence and capabilities and who thought it ought not to be used. Most of those few thought that a demonstration on an unpopulated location should be made first.
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∙ 12y agoOriginally as a defense against the possibility of Nazi Germany making it.
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What bomb was created in Manhattan Project?
Nuclear Bomb.
Which is stronger Nuclear Bomb or Hydrogen Bomb?
Nuclear bombs is all types of bombs that use nuclear energy. It is not a type of bomb,just a category of bombs. hydrogen bomb is the strongest bomb ever, and its blast yield can go up to 100megatons of TNT.
What type of nuclear reaction does the hydrogen bomb rely on?
Nuclear fusion.
Why did the Americans call their nuclear bomb the little boy?
It was the code name for that bomb.
How many nuclear bomb does Pakistan have?
8000
Why did the president invent a nuclear bomb?
No president invented any nuclear bomb.
Who invented the nuclear bomb where was he from?
Leo Szilard invented the fission bomb. Edward Teller invented the fusion bomb. Both were from Hungary.
How did he invent the nuclear bomb?
he invented it with metal
Nuclear weapons in World War 1?
There were no nuclear weapons in WW1. The nuclear bomb was not invented until WW2.
Was Franklin D Roosevelt in office when the nuclear bomb was invented?
Yes he was.
What president invented the nuclear bomb?
None. The fission bomb was invented in 1933 by the physicist Leo Szilard. The staged fusion bomb was invented in 1949 by the mathematician Stan Ulam and the physicist Edward Teller.
Was the Nuclear Bomb invented in Tennessee?
No, it was invented in London in 1933 and built in Los Alamos, NM in 1945.
Who invented the device that released the nuclear bomb Fat Man?
robert serber
What country was the nuclear bomb invented in?
During world war 2, the United States finished making them. They were first to have a nuclear bomb and the only ones to use it againts mankind.
When was Nuclear Weapons Invented?
Read Richard Rhodes book : The Making of the Atomic Bomb.
Which country in Asia invented the first nuclear bomb?
After USSR (mostly in asia), China.
What did Julius Robert oppenheimer invent?
He invented the first nuclear weapon, the atomic bomb.
