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The US was capable of producing 3 atomic bombs a month at the end of WW2. This would suggest it took a bit over a week to make each bomb kit. However it isn't that simple, the 3 bomb per month bottleneck was the Hanford plutonium production reactors: each of the 3 reactors could make 1 bomb worth (6.2 kg) of plutonium a month and they ran in parallel.

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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)


Is nuclear power linked to the atomic bomb?

Only in that to make plutonium or tritium for nuclear bombs you need a reactor. While the reactors that make these materials can also be used to generate electricity, they usually don't. Also the types of reactors usually used to generate electricity are not usually designed to efficiently make these materials.


How big was the hole where the atomic bomb exploded?

The first two atomic bombs were set of in the atmosphere, they did not make a hole. Later during the cold war, regulations prevented atmospheric/surface testing and the bombs were set off in deep holes that were pre-drilled in the ground. These holes were as deep as the engineers made them.


Which bomb is more dangerous a nuclear bomb or an atomic bomb?

A nuclear bomb and an atomic bomb are virtually synonymous. The two terms are both used to refer to a nuclear weapon. Even Wikipedia agrees. The use of either term as a search argument redirects the answer to the article Nuclear Weapon. A link is provided. from benjaminmarkiewicz that dont make any sense a nuclear bombs blow travels 100s of miles and is more powerful cause its the newly invented bomb and the atomic bombs blow travel is under a nuclear bombs travel rate


Did Albert Einstein help make atomic bombs?

While Albert Einstein did not directly contribute to the development of atomic bombs, his famous equation E=mc^2 did provide the theoretical foundation for the release of nuclear energy in such devices. He signed a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, warning about the potential for Nazi Germany to create such a weapon and urging the U.S. to begin its own research.

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What countries were working on atomic bombs during World War 2 Who used atomic bombs in World War 2 Where were atomic bombs used?

Germany and United States where working to make them work. United States got it first and used first on Japan over the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


How long did it take to make all three atomic bombs?

As of august 1945 the US had the industrial capacity to make 3 atomic bombs a month. In november 1945 this would increase to 7 atomic bombs a month. As Japan surrendered before this, the US scaled back production and had only made 9 atomic bombs by the end of Operation Crossroads in the summer of 1946, five of which had been detonated.


Does the Twitter company make atomic bombs?

No they do not.


How many atomic bombs did they make?

2


What element was used to make atomic bombs dropped on japan during World War 2?

The weapon was developed by the Manhattan Project during World War II. It derived its explosive power from the nuclear fission of uranium 235.


WHY do atomic bombs happens?

Atomic bombs were only used against mankind in world war 2. President Truman stated that he needed to end the war and to collapse Japan's means to make war ever again.


What year did they make the atomic bomb?

The US made atomic bombs from 1945 to 1992.


What were the Cons of making the atomic bombs in World War 2?

It would end the war and collapse Japan's means to make war ever again.


How did technology make the war more deadly?

Because you had machine guns then and atomic bombs.


What did President Truman make in 1948?

Drop atomic bombs on Japan while they were in WWII.


How many bombs were dropped in japan in the 1940?

68 cities and the two with with atomic bombs make it imposible to come out whith the real numbers.


Who was the first Muslim country to develop an atomic bomb?

Pakistan is the first and still the only Muslim country to make atomic bombs.