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There are several different types of atomic/nuclear bombs.
- gun fission bombs (e.g. little boy, nuclear artillery shells): these are long, as they are built around a gun barrel.
- implosion fission bombs (e.g. fat man, davy crockett, little john): these are spherical, but are usually packaged in ellipsoidal cases to improve aerodynamics.
- fusion bombs (so called hydrogen bombs): these are cylinders, with a fission bomb of one of the above types at one end to initiate the fusion reaction. the casing around the cylinder varies widely - from a round or pointed nose on the front and fins on the back for aerial bombs to cones for missile warheads.)
depending on the application and use a nuclear weapon of any of the 3 types can have a very wide variety of external appearances.
- aerial bombs dropped from planes have the same appearance whether nuclear or conventional. some nuclear aerial bombs designed with many different missions in mind are packaged as a cylinder containing the bomb itself with a wide variety of different attachable noses and tails that the weaponeer can choose from for the mission.
- artillery shells shot from guns have the same appearance whether nuclear or conventional, except nuclear artillery shells are usually longer than conventional artillery shells used in the same gun, to make room for the gun bomb inside them.
- nuclear landmines look roughly like oil drums.
- torpedoes shot from submarines and other ships have the same appearance whether nuclear or conventional.
- depth charges dropped by ships or airplanes to attack submarines have the same appearance whether nuclear or conventional. rockets are typically used on ship based nuclear depth charges to get them a safe distance from the ship.
- nuclear demolition charges vary in appearance from spheres roughly the size of a Bowling ball, up to oil drums.
- nuclear missile warheads are usually hidden inside the missile nose cone on a mechanism called a "bus", the warheads themselves are cones designed to tolerate the heat and friction of reentry. in early single warhead missiles the nose cone itself was the warhead and there was no "bus".
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 13y agoIt can look like many things, depending mostly on intended method of delivery:
- A large aerial bomb with fins
- A plain cylinder with a kit of dozens of different nose and tail attachments
- A sphere
- A cylindrical depth charge
- A cone with a rounded bottom, missile warhead
- An artillery shell
- A torpedo
- A largish landmine
- A 100 foot long 1 foot diameter deep ground penetration bunker buster bomb
- etc.
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∙ 11y agoBombs used in WW II generally were blimp-shaped. That is to say, they were fatter in the middle and converged to pointy ends on both sides. If they were to be dropped from planes they usually had some kind of stabilization vanes, as well. Bombs for use underwater (limpet mines) had different shapes, however, and were round, with many projecting triggers.
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∙ 14y agoa big metal ball
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Reasons to drop the atomic bomb?
don't look at me, I don't know....
Where and when was the first atomic bombs used?
The very first atomic bomb was exploded in a test in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945. If you'd like to look up more information about it, you can look up the codename "Trinity".
What did herasheama look like after the nuclear bomb went off?
Hiroshima was nearly totally destroyed by the atom bomb.
What element is used to make the first atomic bomb?
for instance you could go and look in an encyclopedia instead of grovelling over the computer looking at my awnser you beg
Did America use the atomic bomb to get back at japan for bombing pearl harbor?
No, there was only one reason that America used the atomic bomb. To cause Japan to surrender. The only other way to get Japan to surrender was to invade the country with infantry, and having seen how stubborn the Japanese fighters were at the little islands they defended in the Pacific, Americans knew that the loss of life on both sides would be horrific. To save American fighting men's lives, they decided to drop the bomb. If Japan had surrendered immediately, America would not have dropped the second bomb.
What did Japan look like after World War 2?
Like a nuclear bomb exploded in japan.
How did the atomic bomb usage come about in japan?
It was a sad thing to look at Mostly because of the civilian casualties, the illness it brought and the devastation.
Was the atomic bomb the worlds biggest nuclear explosion?
No. Hydrogen Bombs have been detonated that make the atomic bomb look small in comparison. The Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan in WW2 were 25 Kton (equivilent to 25000 tons of dynamite), while H bombs can be as big as several hundred Megaton (million tons of dynamite)
Reasons to drop the atomic bomb?
don't look at me, I don't know....
What the effect of a nuclear explosion?
Radiation taints the ground, everyone in the blast radius of the initial explosion would be decimated. Look at Hiroshima, Japan, or Nagasaki, Japan (not sure on spelling), they were bombed by an atomic bomb, and still have radiation poisoned in the ground.
Where and when was the first atomic bombs used?
The very first atomic bomb was exploded in a test in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945. If you'd like to look up more information about it, you can look up the codename "Trinity".
What does a bomb look like?
That's what a real life bomb looks like
What are three advantages to using the atomic bomb?
It made the U.S. look stronger, it stopped the war, Force Japan to surrender in World War 2, and looked cool doing so as you see on the link provided.
What were the names of the atomic bombs that were dropped on japan by US?
Names of Atom (or atomic) bombs"Little Boy" uranium 235 atom bomb dropped by "Enola Gay" piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets, on Hiroshima "Fat Man" plutonium 239 atom bomb also dropped by Bockscar piloted by Charles W. Sweeney instead of the Bockscar's normal pilot Frederick Bock over Nagasaki. It was first decided that the bomb would be dropped on Kokura, but due to heavy cloud it was dropped on its secondary target Nagasaki.the very first atomic bomb was Trinity. it was used as a test to see what an atomic bomb could do. This was done in Nevada.The first H-bomb was set off on Bikini Atoll. if you want to see what it did look up Bikini Island. it sounds like a nice place but it is a radioactive wasteland
Why was it right to use the atomic bomb?
I believe it was right, yet unright, to use the atomic bomb in World War 2. On one hand, it quickly stopped the war, we would not have to involve ourselves in a bloody invasion of the home islands, and it made the U.S.A. look stronger. But on the other, there have been almost 500,000 deaths because of it, there have been uprisings of revisionists, and we could have waited to see if the invasion of the Soviets two days later would have been successful. I currently have no solid opinion as to whether the atomic bombing was the right decision or not. _____________________________________________________________________ I believe it was right. This is because if we did not use the atomic bomb, and Japan invaded us (the USA) is was estimated that 500,000 to 1,000,000 American people would have been killed. When the USA bombed Japan only 65,000 to 200,000 died. Some might say we should have shown Japan the bomb, but that would have been too risky. It cost the USA about 2 million dollars to make the atomic bombs, why should they waste the money to show Japan what will happen if they don't surrender? They might not surrender anyway! Also, after they saw our bomb, Japan could have made an even bigger one. I am not tring to purswade anyone's opinion, these are just the facts i have gathered.
Why does Yolanda yell bomb bomb when she sees snow?
the snowflakes look like her techer's pictures of the fallout from a bomb
What does the atomic symbol look like for oxygen?
the atomic symbol of oxygen looks like this 0
