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yes and no. they had an active program (lead by Werner Heisenberg) that started well before the Manhattan Project, but made several mistakes. British bombing and Norwegian partisan sabotage of the Norsk Hydro heavy water enrichment plant severely set the schedule back. this ultimately resulted in Albert Speer ordering the program scaled back before 1944 to only prototype reactor development with the intention of making power reactors after German won the war.
Note: there has been some suggestion that Heisenberg was not actually seriously working on the bomb, but only using the program to obtain draft deferments for promising German physicists. this cannot be confirmed however. if true though, some of the mistakes may have been partly intentional.
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Are nuclear bombs illegal in China?
No, China has several hundred nuclear bombs and has had bombs since 1964.
Are they making any atomic bombs today?
Neither the US nor Russia are making nuclear weapons of any kind at this time. Other countries however are making nuclear weapons; some are North Korea, India, and Pakistan.
Does Zimbabwe have nuclear bombs?
No
What bombs did Germans use in the blitz?
They used nuclear and atomic bombs.
Where do Japan keep their nuclear bombs?
Japan has no nuclear weapons.
What is a nuclear buildup?
Making more bombs or bigger bombs.
What caused the U.S. to make nuclear bombs?
The U.S. began work on making nuclear bombs (atomic bombs) in WW2 out of fear that Nazi Germany might be working on them and use them to win the war, we needed to 1) determine if they could be made and 2) if they could try to make them before Nazi Germany did. After WW2 the U.S. continued making them and began work on hydrogen bombs out of fear that the USSR might attack the U.S. and/or western Europe.
Why was Britain concerned with Germany's naval plans?
They feared Germany had the technology to build nuclear bombs
Is a bomb nuclear?
Some bombs are nuclear. But most bombs are not nuclear.
What was Enrico Fermi famous for?
For making the nuclear reactor and other items like the nuclear bombs and other stuff
Why thermo nuclear bombs are called dirty bombs?
Beacause millions of lives were taken by the nuclear bombs
Are nuclear bombs illegal in China?
No, China has several hundred nuclear bombs and has had bombs since 1964.
How many nuclear bombs per week US builds nuclear bombs?
At this time the US builds no nuclear bombs. A small number of existing bombs are refurbished as needed.
What is the different between a nuclear bomb and an atom bomb?
Nuclear bombs before the 60s were referred to as atom bombs, because the term Nuclear hadn't been discover yet. Nuclear bombs today, are generally Hydrogen bombs, or fusion bombs. They are significantly more powerful, able to places about the size of Rhode Island. Atom bombs,which were mostly uranium and plutonium, lack the destructive power of Nuclear or Fusion bombs.
Is there nuclear energy in nuclear bombs?
Yes, there is nuclear energy in nuclear bombs. It is released in a few microseconds when they are detonated.
Are nuclear bombs real?
Yes, nuclear bombs are real and have been developed and tested by several countries. These weapons derive their explosive power from nuclear reactions, which release enormous amounts of energy. The use of nuclear bombs is highly destructive and devastating, making them a major concern for global security.
Why did they build the nuclear bombs in the first place?
Defense against the possibility that Nazi Germany might make one first.
