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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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Who was the famous scientist that help make the atomic bomb?
I believe you are referring to Albert Einstein.
What were the benefits in using the A-Bomb as opposed to a land invasion of Japan?
The two Atom bombs killed about two hundred thousand people. This is about the same as two conventional thousand plane raids. After they were dropped the war ended. If we had invaded instead, it was estimated that *at least* one hundred thousand American soldiers would have been killed and one million Japanese would have been killed. The atom bombs saved many lives. Michael Montagne
Why did leahy think the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was ethically wrong?
Mostly because of the civilian casualties, the illness it brought and the devastation.
Just what it means in the Hindu Bagavad Gita.
What is most distinctive about an atomic bomb explosion?
Everything about it is bigger and more intense than a conventional explosion, as more energy is released.
What was the location of the atomic bomb targets?
There were, I believe six cities selected as possible targets, and they all had one thing in common-they were industrial centers. The final decisions were made at the last minute, largely depending on wind and weather conditions.
Why did the U.S. decide to use the atomic bomb?
Well, the official answer to this was that Truman figured, and probably rightly, that the Japanese would defend their homeland to the last living body and take as many Americans as they could with them. So, if he could get the Japanese to surrender based on the power of the A-Bomb (and he could prevent them from finding out that we actually had no more than the two that were dropped) he could save a lot of American lives.
Why did Bernstein feel a sunburst of deliverance when the atomic bomb was dropped out of Hiroshima?
-It was a sunburst of deliverance. "Lester Bernstein, New York Times, 10/24/65"-
When he said he felt an "a sunburst of deliverance" he meant he felt a sense of freedom. As in, the war is over, I can go home, and a big stress has just been lifted off my shoulders.
What was the code name for the secret United states project set up in 1942?
The code name for the secret United States project established in 1942 was the Manhattan Project. This initiative aimed to develop atomic bombs during World War II, ultimately leading to the creation of the first nuclear weapons. The project involved collaboration among scientists, military personnel, and government officials and was pivotal in shaping the course of modern warfare.
How much it cost to make a H bomb?
The cost to develop a hydrogen bomb (H-bomb) can vary significantly depending on the country and the specifics of the program, but estimates suggest that the total development expenses can run into billions of dollars. This includes research, development, testing, and production costs. For example, the U.S. nuclear weapons program saw expenditures in the range of $10 billion to $20 billion for developing its hydrogen bomb during the mid-20th century. However, exact figures are often classified and can differ widely based on technological advancements and economic factors.
Why were japan hit by the atomic bomb?
President Truman stated that he needed to end the war and collpse Japan's means to make war ever again.
//Truman was not President at the time of the Japanese bombings. Franklin Delano Roosavelt was in office, from 1933 through 1945.//
Why did US military leaders urg the president to use the atomic bomb on Japan because they what?
It was the President decision to end the war and collapse Japans means to make war.
The estimated military deaths for an invasion of Japan mandated the use of atomic weapons.
During development of the bomb Germany was seen as also developing the same technology. This lead to a rapid development of the American Project.
As the War progressed it was noted that the Japanese military would fight to the death rather than be taken prisoner or surrender.
The US administration took this in to consideration when planning the invasion of Japan.
The projected losses of American and Allied personnel were Horrific.
A short time after the US and Allied bombers finally were based close enough to conduct Bombing Missions over The main Islands of Japan the Atomic Bomb became available.
The last thing that the Truman administration considered was the way the Japanese Civilian Population had committed suicide rather than surrender. Some alarmist predictions said half the civilian population would suicide or die fighting the invading forces.
Simple math on these projections said that if both available Bombs were used on population centres the loss of life would be comparable or less than the projected losses to the Invading US and Allied forces.
The Japanese Losses would just make the loss of life many times worse.
Truman thought he was doing the least bad thing possible to end the war.
Right or Wrong, the Dropping of two Nuclear Bombs did finally get the Japanese to Surrender.
Does atomic bomb cause blindness?
It can if you are looking directly at it when it explodes, the UV light burns the retina.
Why do a cockroach survive a atomic bomb?
Not all of them survive! But they would survive better than we would. There organism - body build - is smaller than ours and therefore making us more suseptable to the radiation than the cockroach
They say that a cockroach will live through a atomic bomb, but if the atom bomb was to hit the cockroach or if it were to go off above the cockroach it would did nothing will live around where the bomb goes off even a cockroach.
I would like to propose what I think is a better answer from Wikipedia :
Cockroaches do indeed have a much higher radiation resistance than vertebrates, with the lethal dose perhaps 6 to 15 times that for humans. However, they are not exceptionally radiation-resistant compared to other insects, such as the fruit fly.[21] The cockroach's ability to withstand radiation better than human beings can be explained through the cell cycle. Cells are most vulnerable to the effects of radiation when they are dividing. A cockroach's cells divide only once each time it molts, which is weekly at most in a juvenile roach. Since not all cockroaches would be molting at the same time, many would be unaffected by an acute burst of radiation, but lingering radioactive fallout would still be harmful
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach#Hardiness
Are people still dying from the harmful effects of the atomic bomb?
Occasionly ues. The reason is that when the 2 atomic bombs were dropped, the people who was near it but survived suffered from severe burns had mutated cells which could cause illneses and diseases such as cancer.
What is bad about atomic bombs?
If it kills you and your family and countrymen you would considered it evil or bad. The radiation from the blast is very deadly. Radioactive dust, or fallout, can travel to places where innocent people live. The dust can kill for a very long time--thousands of years.
However, the pax nuclear (cold war as a standoff among superpower states) has kept the world from another world war since 1945. It is based upon MAD doctrine = Mutually Assured Destruction. If everyone dies, nobody wins, so let's not go there.
Will a insect bug bomb hurt your fiberglass jacuzzi if covered when set off?
no, even uncovered it would not be hurt, but you should drain it and clean it no, even uncovered it would not be hurt, but you should drain it and clean it
Did cancer kill more people than the atomic bomb did?
Absolutely, cancer has killed millions of people around the world!! Where as the atomic bomb was set off in a specific radius.
How did Truman make the atomic bomb?
Truman didn't. Albert Einstein did, and after seeing the horrors it caused, stated he wished he had never made the atomic bomb.
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Neither did, it was made by the Manhattan Project which involved tens of thousands of scientists, technicians, and ordinary workers many of which had no idea what was being made. FDR authorized the project, at the request of Leo Szilard on a letter signed by Einstein (which was the only connection Einstein had to it, he was a pacifist and never worked on anything war related).
Were there only two Atomic bombs dropped?
Not only 2 nuclear bombs havebeen dropped.
Lots have been dropped to test the effect.
However, only 2 has been dropped in war.
They were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki (both Japanese cities).
Where did the planes that dropped the atomic bombs on japan take off from?
Tinnian, the same island that many of the 1000 plane firebombing raids took off from.
