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Atomic Bombs
Atomic bomb is an explosive device in which a large amount of energy is released through nuclear reactions. This makes an atomic bomb, more properly called a nuclear weapon, a much more powerful device than any conventional bomb containing chemical explosives. The first Atomic Bombs were used during World War 2 in 1945 by the US onto 2 Japanese cities.
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What did the Atomic Bomb lead to?
The dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki led to the end of World War II. It also sparked a global arms race as countries raced to develop their own nuclear weapons. Additionally, it raised ethical and moral concerns about the use of such powerful and destructive weapons.
What city was first attacked by the atomic bomb?
The first atomic bomb was dropped onto Japan was on August 6th 1945. The targeted city was Hiroshima and it was the highest casualty as it was the bigger out of the 2 atomic bombs used on Japan in 1945.
Where did the atomic bomb that was dropped on hiroshima fly out of?
The bombers that dropped both atomic bombs flew from the island of Tinian. This was also the base for bombers that flew many of the "thousand plane" firebombing attacks every night (each of which did similar damage to the atomic bombs).
How many Japanese people died in the two atomic bomb blasts during ww2?
In total from both atomic bomb drops, around 215,000 people died during the atomic bomb droppings in 1945. 75,000 died in nagasaki and 140,000 died in Hiroshima.
What is the effect of atomic bomb on human?
The effect on humans as seen on the Japanese, were different according to the distance the person was from the blast. Directly on the epicenter, the bodies were evaporated completely. Then further away were the skeletons without flesh. Further away were survivors with different degrees of burns. The ones, who did not suffer burns, began to show symptoms of nuclear poisoning and most of them died. Cancer is also linked to the bomb.
What was the us governments effort to build the atomic bomb called?
The allieds (US, UK and Canada) called the project to make the Atomic Bomb was called the manhattan projecty. It started on 13th August 1942 and was abaloished in August 15th 1947.
How much money did the atomic bomb make?
The US produced 4 Atomic Bombs (3 which were used and 1 unused). On average it costed $500 Million at the time or $6.1 Billion in todays money. The project cost$1.845 billion or $24.5 Billion in 2013 for inorder to test and develope the weapons.
I question why this is in the "Japan in WW2" section, but regardless. No, the sun is obviously not a bomb. However, you probably meant to ask something like, does the sun behave similar to an atomic bomb. The answer is, kinda. Most a-bombs use fission, while some use small fission reactions to create a fusion reaction, and are thus similar to the fusion reaction which makes the sun what it is.
What was the name of the top secret US military project to develop an atomic bomb?
Project Manhattan.
How many atomic bombs US have in 1945?
In August 1945 the US had three (3) atomic bomb weapons.
The test bomb nicknamed "the Gadget" ( a FAT MAN design type) was detonated at the TRINITY test site at Alamogordo Air Base , NM on 16 July 1945 (blast yield of 18.6 kilotons).
Two weapons, code named for the types of bomb's designs and not the weapons themselves, were a LITTLE BOY ( a MARK 1; bomb L-11) uranium U-235 bomb dropped on Hiroshima on 06 Aug 1945 (blast yield of 12-16 kilotons) called Operation: CENTERBOARD I and a FAT MAN (a MARK 3; bomb Y1561) plutonium Pu-239 bomb dropped on Nagasaki on 09 Aug 1945 (blast yield of 20 kilotons) called Operation: CENTERBOARD II. The third bomb also a FAT MAN (MARK 3) intended for Kokura on 19 Aug 1945 Operation: CENTERBOARD III was not used. Niigata and Yokohama were the next two (2) of the 17 (seventeen) targeted Japanese cities not bombed. Tokyo was considered a target city only of last resort since the Emperor, the Supreme War Council, the Prime Minister and Cabinet, and the Imperial Army and Navy General Staffs would have to survive to order an unconditional surrender.
The US had plans to manufacture and assemble one (1) more LITTLE BOY U-235 uranium bomb and up to twelve (12) additional FAT MAN Pu-239 plutonium bombs to drop on the targeted Japanese cities before the invasion of Japan code named Operation: DOWNFALL on 01 Nov 1945, but the surrender of Japan 14 Aug 45 (V-J Day) halted production and assembly of further atomic weapons until the Operation: CROSSROADS tests in June 1946.
Sources:
Pincher - D. A. Rosenberg 1989
Silverplate Bombers - R. H. Campbell 2005
The Decision to Use the Atomic Bomb - G. Alperovitz 1995
Making of the Atomic Bomb - R. Rhodes 1987
The General and the Bomb - W. Lawren 1988
Now It Can Be Told - L. Groves 1983
What gave Truman the authority to drop the atomic bomb?
As president he was commander in chief of the US military and could order any action against the enemy.
Where did the first V1 flying bomb fall?
The first V-1 flying bomb fell on London, England, on June 13, 1944. This marked the beginning of the German V-1 campaign against the city during World War II. The V-1, an early cruise missile, was part of Hitler's attempts to terrorize the British population and disrupt the war effort.
How did the atomic bomb components get to shore on Tinian?
LCT 991 hauled the atomic bomb components to shore on Tinian
Can you grow vegetables in ground that has been affected by an atomic bomb?
Sure, you definitely can. However whether you should eat them is an entirely different question.
What name was given to the hiroshima atomic bomb?
Little Boy was the code name for the bomb that hit Hiroshima at the end of WW2.
What are the names of the scientist from the US that worked on the atomic bomb?
There were many thousands of people that worked on the project in various locations.
The scientist in charge was Robert Oppenheimer.
What was Robert oppenheimers reaction to the usage of the atomic bomb?
" If atomic bombs are to be added as new weapons to the arsenals of a warring world, or to the arsenals of the nations preparing for war, then the time will come when mankind will curse the names of Los Alamos and Hiroshima. The people of this world must unite or they will perish. " Robert Oppenheimer .
