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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 item of clothing is named after an atomic bomb explosion?
Its not named after an atomic bomb explosion, its named after an atoll in the Marshall Islands in the pacific ocean where the US did several nuclear tests.
The bikini.
However its probably more likely it was named after the atoll when americans saw women in newsreels of the islanders wearing a similar garment, and has no direct connection to the atomic bomb testing.
What impact would the atomic bomb have on Russia?
I think that after Chernobil The Russians would have developed ways to controll Nuclear waste and its affects on the environment. Maby because russia is so large the single atomic bomb wouldent affect the overall population.
What was the name of the bomb that completely vaporized an island in the pacific?
Ivy Mike, or just Mike, was the codename given to the hydrogen bomb tested on Elugelab. That was part of Eniwetok Atoll, and that was part of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. That was in 1952. Another bomb test named "King" was slated for that same location, but had to be tested in Runit islet.
Little Boy and Fat Man were the names of the two bombs dropped on Japan.
Why did the US use the atomic bombs?
The United States was faced with the daunting prospect of invading Japan in order to force a close to World War 2. The Japanese had already shown a willingness to go to incredible lengths to continue the war and to cause destruction to their enemies. The fierce fighting for islands near the Japanese mainland (Iwo Jima and Okinawa) resulted in a staggering loss of 19,800 American dead and 58,000 wounded. Leaders knew that the losses in undertaking any invasion of the home islands would result in many, many more casualties. Some estimated that American casualties would reach 750,000 in invading Japan. Japanese civilian casualties were not a tremendous concern for American leaders at that time, but they were aware of the huge wave of suicides on Okinawa and of the 100,000+ death toll from the bombing and fires in Tokyo. In this method of calculating, the atomic bombs (if they worked as planned) would actually save lives: hundreds of thousands of American soldiers and sailors, and likely more than a million fewer Japanese civilian deaths.
Another viewpoint is that the use of the bomb to shorten the war was essential economically. Four years of war had seriously strained America's finances. The government was not able to borrow any more money. The Treasury was in a panic. If the bomb was able to end the war, the risk of federal bankruptcy would be averted. The economic crisis was suppressed during the war and easy to ignore in history, but was very real at the time.
WHO made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
Franklin D. Roosevelt made the decision in the last couple of months of his life, since Italy had surrendered and Germany was largely defeated that Japan would be the target if they continued to fight as strongly as it seemed they were. He had orders written up for the preparation of an initial list of target cities in Japan and planning for getting the bombs after Los Alamos built them to the pacific theater and dropped on those cities. But then he died and Harry S. Truman (who had been kept entirely in the dark) had to take over, he saw no reason to change any of these preparations, so the process continued as previously ordered to "use the atomic bombs as they became available".
After the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when the Japanese government signalled their willingness to surrender Harry S. Truman made his one wartime decision on the use of the atomic bomb: stop dropping them on Japan.
Following the end of the war, to maintain a balanced federal budget, Harry S. Truman decided to totally gut the conventional military and depend 100% on strategic atomic bombing for any future wars. The thing he failed to realize was that his gutting of the conventional military also crippled our ability to deliver atomic bombs and hindered the Manhattan Project (and later the Atomic Energy Commision, when it took over) in manufacturing atomic bombs and training the teams that would be needed to assemble and arm the atomic bombs should they be needed for war.
Where was the 4th atomic bomb detonation?
Crossroads Able, airdrop over Bikini atoll in summer 1946. This was an airburst effects test of a "stockpile" bomb. It was almost certainly a MK-4 (improved composite core implosion device in a much lighter and easier to assemble casing than the MK-3 Fatman).
Is japan planing for a revenge with a atomic bomb on US?
Yes. They will be as sneaky as Pearl Harbor. It will be carried out in full secrecy while maintaining friendship with the U.S. The right time for them to attack is when U.S. loses its grip in Asia.
Why the us dropped atomic bomb?
There were several military arguments for using the atomic bomb against Japan in 1945. First, this would bring about an early surrender of Japan and avoid what would probably have been a prolonged struggle with much loss of life by US forces. Secondly, the USSR was already moving against Japan and had seized one small island (which Russia still has, even in 2013) and the US feared that Japan would become a Soviet satellite, much in the way that eastern Europe was. The Cold War began even before WW II was over. An early Japanese surrender avoided that problem.
What is the difference between an atom bomb and an atomic bomb?
The atomic bomb killed millions of people in just one bomb , the napalm on the other hand , was nothing like it .
Napalm is a chemical device ... it produces fire (it's also called jellied gasoline).
An atomic bomb is a nuclear device ... and puts out considerably more energy.
What are the inputs to building an atomic bomb?
Unsure of your term "inputs". To construct a nuclear weapon, it requires a source of scarce fissionable materials, such as Uranium 235, or Plutonium. It requires the ability to perform precision machining of these VERY difficult to work with materials. It requires the use of precisely shaped high explosives of assorted types, the use of extremely high precision electronic timing equipment used to detonate the high explosive trigger, and a source of metals for a neutron donor ( such as beryllium) and the ability to machine that. Along the way, it is good not to die from handling and machining the metals. You also need a way to deliver a very heavy package- the original atomic bombs weighed 9000 to 10,000 lbs.
Why did the US code name the atomic bombs?
Any military organization codenames things (especially in time of war) for security purposes. Usually these names are picked off a list of predetermined names, but for some highly secret or high priority projects (which the Manhattan Project was both) special names can be created. The idea is to throw the enemy off the track of important developments or plans.
The British work to crack German codes & cyphers was codenamed Ultra, the US work to crack Japanese codes & cyphers was codenamed Magic, a British secret project that delivered false invasion plans for Sardinia & Greece instead of Sicily using a dead body was codenamed Mincemeat, etc. Every invasion, attack, landing zone, etc. had a codename.
In World War I when the British designed the first motorized armored attack vehicle they codenamed it a Tank so the Germans would not think the work was on a weapon. Now all such vehicles are called Tanks, it is no longer a codename.
How does japan remember the atomic bomb?
They have a monument to its never reoccurring again. Called the Atomic Bomb Dome, in Hiroshima. Next to that, they also have Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Museum. Also in Hiroshima is Sadako's Paper Crane Memorial, for all the children who died of leukemia years after the bombing. They make paper cranes by the thousands and leave them there to display for the world. Also, when in Japan I bought a book on 'Sadako and the Paper Cranes', roughly translated.
It will never be forgotten.
What is the detonation velocity of an atomic bomb?
In excess of 50,000 meters/second, but the exact velocity depends on yield.
How many atomic bombs were dropped on Japan during World War I?
None. The first atomic bomb was dropped decades after World War 1 finished. Atomic bombs weren't used in war until World War II.
What were the failures of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima?
With the bomb itself, none that I am aware of. With targeting, the bomb missed its AP by over 400 yds due to an error by the bombarder.
Where was the first atomic bomb detonated in 1945?
The [Manhattan] project succeeded in developing and detonating three nuclear weapons in 1945: a test detonation of a plutonium implosion bomb on July 16 (the Trinity test) near Alamogordo, New Mexico; an enriched uranium bomb code-named "Little Boy" on August 6 over Hiroshima, Japan; and a second plutonium bomb, code-named "Fat Man" on August 9 over Nagasaki, Japan. More information may be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
Would the US have kept dropping atomic bombs on Japan until they surrendered?
Probably. Although the two used were the only ones immediately available, over the next year about a dozen (If I recall) would have been manufactured. Doubtless Truman would have used them all up. Assuming even that didn't bring the Japanese to surrender, conventional invasion would have ensued, probably before the end of 1945. Compared to the two atomic bombs, the devastation from a wholesale conventional invasion would have been much worse.
Why did watches stop from the atomic bomb?
The superheated blast melted their internal workings shut.
What was the nickname of the b-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on japan?
The B-29's name was Enola Gay (named after the pilots mother)
Was fat man the atomic bomb named after Winston churchill?
The atomic bombs dropped on the two cities in Japan were named 'Little Boy' and 'Fat Man'. It is believed the 'Fat Man' was named after Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of England at the time. The name 'Little Boy' may have referred to Franklin Roosevelt.
Did area 51 test an atomic bomb?
No, while area 51 is adjacent to the Nevada Test Site no nuclear testing has been done there. It is the site used for testing top secret aircraft.
Of course area 51 did receive fallout from many of the above ground nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site.
