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If you consider the total cost of the Manhattan Project ($2,000,000,000) and divide that over the 4 atomic bombs built over WW2 (Trinity, Little Boy, Fatman, and one finished about the time Japan surrendered and thus not used); each bomb cost $500 million. However as most of the expenses on the Manhattan Project was for infrastructure (e.g. enrichment plants, reactors, plutonium reprocessing plants) that could be used to make more bombs, actual production and delivery costs for Fatman was much less: probably well under $1 million.

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What supplies would you need in a bomb shelter?

In a WWII bomb shelter you need water and food for a few days (most air raids and the effects caused would mean you wold be rescued within a week) (and don't forget a toilet) Later if you were serious about surviving an atomic bomb or atomic war as much food and water and air as you can possibly get.


Which is most powerful a nuke an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb?

An H-Bomb is 1000 times stronger than an atomic bomb. Atomic explosions are based on splitting atoms and is a fission explosion or fission bomb. The Hydrogen bomb (also called H-Bomb) is a Fusion reaction where atoms are forced together. Atomic bombs were used in World War II, Hydrogen bombs have been tested, but not used in war.


What were 3 advantages and 3 disadvantages to using the atomic bomb during world war 2?

Three advantages to using the atomic bomb in WW II: 1. This could be described as an early version of what was later known during the Gulf War as "shock and awe". The atomic bomb was so impressive that the Japanese finally realized that they had better surrender. 2. As compared to sending in a massive wave of American soldiers to conquer Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it is much faster, easier, and cheaper to just destroy the cities, and this produces far fewer American casualties. 3. Most importantly of these three reasons, by ending the war faster, the US was able to limit the involvement of the USSR, which intended to overrun the Japanese islands as it had already overrun Eastern Europe. Even before WW II ended, the maneuverings of the Cold War had already begun. Three disadvantages to using the atomic bomb in WW II: 1. The atomic bomb is an indiscriminate killer of both military and civilian populations; it is a cruel weapon of mass destruction. 2. Aside from the initial destruction, the atomic bomb leaves a lingering blight of radiation. People continued to die in Japan as a result of radiation poisoning, and of cancer caused by radiation, for many years after WW II had ended. This is, again, much more cruel than more usual types of weapons. 3. And perhaps most seriously of all, the use of atomic bombs in WW II creates an unfortunate precedent. It would be difficult at this point for the US to claim, convincingly, that atomic weapons are too terrible to ever be used, because the US has already used them. If they can be used once, they can be used again.


Where was the atomic bomb made?

The atomic bomb was created in Los Alamos, New Mexico. many people may think that it was made in New York because the project behind the building of the atomic bomb was called the Manhattan Project. it is called this because it is named after the location of Columbia University that held much of the early research for the nuclear program. Today there is a museum of the atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico where you can visit and learn more about the atomic bomb.


What are some cons on the atomic bomb being dropped on japan?

Stopped expansion of Japan in WW2. Ironically, we dropped the A bomb and killed many to save much more.

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How much damage did the Nagasaki bomb do?

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Did the radiation improve in Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb?

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How much damage did the atomic bomb course?

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atomic bomb?

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What comes after the atomic bomb in terms of intensity?

After the atomic bomb, the intensity of destruction increases with hydrogen bombs, which are significantly more powerful and devastating due to the fusion reaction they utilize. Hydrogen bombs are capable of producing much larger explosions compared to atomic bombs due to their ability to release vast amounts of energy.


Do you justify the atomic bombing of the cities of hiroshima and nagasaki which caused so much destruction of human lives and properties?

An action in a war, is a thing no one can change.


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