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Why weres the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki rigged to blow up before they hit the ground?
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Because they were so strong, those would break the earth crust.
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Did the nuclear bomb dropped on japan explode on impact or in mid air?
The bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were atomic bombs and not nuclear bombs and were designed to explode above the ground and not on impact.
Was there nuclear fall out from nagasaki?
Yes, on August 9, 1945, three days after Hiroshima was bombed. It was a different type of bomb from Hiroshima though. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was made by splitting uranium atoms, and was nicknamed Little Boy. However, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki was plutonium. It was nicknamed Fat Man and was the same type as the first A-bomb tested at Alamogordo, NM.
Do people still live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yes, in fact they are both large, thriving cities. Nuclear airbursts like Hiroshima and Nagasaki do not have as much long-lasting radiation as ground or ocean bursts.
Radiation in hiroshima?
At nine fifteen on august sixth in 1945, an atom bomb of fifteen kilotons was dropped on Hiroshima. It was detonated one thousand, eight hundred feet over the ground. The plane that dropped the bomb was the Enola Gay aircraft bomber. The same thing happened on August ninth over Nagasaki. The fatalities of Hiroshima were seventy thousand and Nagasaki forty thousand. The affects of the atomic bomb, or death-causing factors are the blast wave, thermal and nuclear radiation.
How long did it take for atomic bomb to land?
The first atomic bomb was launched in 1945, by the US. It incinerated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during WWII The above is half true. That was the first time an atomic bomb was used in war, but the first atomic bomb was detonated at the the Trinity Site in White Sands Missile Range, on July 16, 1945.
Did the nuclear bomb dropped on japan explode on impact or in mid air?
The bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were atomic bombs and not nuclear bombs and were designed to explode above the ground and not on impact.
Was there nuclear fall out from nagasaki?
Yes, on August 9, 1945, three days after Hiroshima was bombed. It was a different type of bomb from Hiroshima though. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was made by splitting uranium atoms, and was nicknamed Little Boy. However, the bomb dropped on Nagasaki was plutonium. It was nicknamed Fat Man and was the same type as the first A-bomb tested at Alamogordo, NM.
How long will the ground in hiroshima and nagasaki be contaminated?
Nagasaki would be contaminated for about 703.8 Million years as that is the half life for Uranium 235. Hiroshima would be contaminated for 24,100 years as that is the half life for Plutonium 239.
Do people still live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Yes, in fact they are both large, thriving cities. Nuclear airbursts like Hiroshima and Nagasaki do not have as much long-lasting radiation as ground or ocean bursts.
Was the atomic bomb dropped in the middle of Hiroshima?
It was called ground zero and the place was about the middle of the city.
Radiation in hiroshima?
At nine fifteen on august sixth in 1945, an atom bomb of fifteen kilotons was dropped on Hiroshima. It was detonated one thousand, eight hundred feet over the ground. The plane that dropped the bomb was the Enola Gay aircraft bomber. The same thing happened on August ninth over Nagasaki. The fatalities of Hiroshima were seventy thousand and Nagasaki forty thousand. The affects of the atomic bomb, or death-causing factors are the blast wave, thermal and nuclear radiation.
How long did it take for atomic bomb to land?
The first atomic bomb was launched in 1945, by the US. It incinerated Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan during WWII The above is half true. That was the first time an atomic bomb was used in war, but the first atomic bomb was detonated at the the Trinity Site in White Sands Missile Range, on July 16, 1945.
Where did the US drop the atomic bomb?
The US dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. The first bomb was used on August 5, 1945. The second was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945 -- mainly to prove that the Hiroshima attack was indeed an incredibly devastating new weapon that could and would be used again. (The US was still building its fourth and fifth bombs.) At Hiroshima, the bomb exploded 2,000 feet from the ground to increase the damage from the blast wave. But it was a firestorm from the city's burning structures that killed many of the residents who survived the blast itself. In Nagasaki, a lower detonation height and an aiming error meant that several areas of the city were shielded by the intervening hills.
Does anyone know if there are any hiroshima soldiers alive who fought in that war. I know of one but with no back ground but am not sure how to spell his last name. Please help?
Try the Hiroshima sites, they might give some leads, e.g. "Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki."
The first atomic bomb was drop?
The first atomic bombs were dropped during World War 2, initially as tests by the US government, then dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only two nuclear devices used as an act of war by any nation. The first atomic bombs were tested on the ground at the Trinity site.
What was ground zero before?
Depends on WHICH Ground Zero you mean. That is a term for the physical location beneath where an atomic weapon explodes. The first was at the Trinity site about 35 miles (56 km) southeast of Socorro NM, at the new White Sands Proving Ground. It is now a park. The second and third ground zeros were the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What year was nagasaki bombed?
Actually the Fatman bomb detonated almost 2 miles away from it intended target in Nagasaki. It was dropped by mistake over a factory complex in a valley outside Nagasaki, this valley contained much of the blast making the damage to Nagasaki itself less than the damage produced by the lower yield Little Boy bomb at Hiroshima (where the detonation was almost directly on target). Both bombs detonated about 1500 feet above the ground.
