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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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Why was the atomic bomb made in WA?
It wasn't, but the Plutonium was. The Columbia River was a convenient source of cooling water for the three Production Reactors built in the Hanford site.
Why did hiroshima and nagasaki drop the atomic bomb on Pearl Harbor?
Japan did not drop the atomic bomb on Pearl Harbor, they dropped regular bombs and declared war on the US because the US imposed an oil embargo on them. The US dropped the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force Japan to surrender.
Did the plane go down when it set off the atomic bomb and did the pilots live or died?
Two planes have dropped atomic bombs.
The first was the Enola Gay - a B-29 - which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima on 6th August 1945
The second was the Bockscar - also a B-29 - which dropped the bomb on Nagasaki on 9th August 1945.
Both planes returned to base without incident or harm
The pilot of the Enola Gay - Paul Tibbits - lived until November 1, 2007
The pilot of the Bockscar - Frederick C Bock - lived until August 25, 2000
Which US President ordered the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
At the end of World War II, few questioned Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most Americans accepted the obvious reasoning: the atomic bombings brought the war to a more timely end. They did not have a problem with over one hundred thousand of the enemy being killed. After all, the Japanese attacked America, and not the other way around. In later years, however, many have begun to question the conventional wisdom of "Truman was saving lives," putting forth theories of their own. However, when one examines the issue with great attention to the results of the atomic bombings and compares these results with possible alternatives to using said bombs, the line between truth and fiction begins to clear. Truman's decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan was for the purpose of saving lives and ending the war quickly in order to prevent a disastrous land invasion.
What are the names scientists who helped or created the atomic bomb?
well i know three Albert Einstien,Robert J. Oppenhimer,and Michel Montage
What the atomic bomb look like that hit Japan?
There are several different types of atomic/nuclear bombs.
- gun fission bombs (e.g. little boy, nuclear artillery shells): these are long, as they are built around a gun barrel.
- implosion fission bombs (e.g. fat man, davy crockett, little john): these are spherical, but are usually packaged in ellipsoidal cases to improve aerodynamics.
- fusion bombs (so called hydrogen bombs): these are cylinders, with a fission bomb of one of the above types at one end to initiate the fusion reaction. the casing around the cylinder varies widely - from a round or pointed nose on the front and fins on the back for aerial bombs to cones for missile warheads.)
depending on the application and use a nuclear weapon of any of the 3 types can have a very wide variety of external appearances.
- aerial bombs dropped from planes have the same appearance whether nuclear or conventional. some nuclear aerial bombs designed with many different missions in mind are packaged as a cylinder containing the bomb itself with a wide variety of different attachable noses and tails that the weaponeer can choose from for the mission.
- artillery shells shot from guns have the same appearance whether nuclear or conventional, except nuclear artillery shells are usually longer than conventional artillery shells used in the same gun, to make room for the gun bomb inside them.
- nuclear landmines look roughly like oil drums.
- torpedoes shot from submarines and other ships have the same appearance whether nuclear or conventional.
- depth charges dropped by ships or airplanes to attack submarines have the same appearance whether nuclear or conventional. rockets are typically used on ship based nuclear depth charges to get them a safe distance from the ship.
- nuclear demolition charges vary in appearance from spheres roughly the size of a bowling ball, up to oil drums.
- nuclear missile warheads are usually hidden inside the missile nose cone on a mechanism called a "bus", the warheads themselves are cones designed to tolerate the heat and friction of reentry. in early single warhead missiles the nose cone itself was the warhead and there was no "bus".
To what extnet was it appropriate todrop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
That is a very opinionated question. The justification from the American side was that the nation of Japan still had around 4 millions soldiers and extensive fortifications on the islands, making an invasion very costly in life. It was thought that in the first 6 months 600,000 American boys would die during an invasion of Japan. So Truman decided to spare 600,000 American soldiers at the cost of the deaths of over 100,000 civilians and the complete destruction of two cities. What he nor his advisors knew was the horrific destruction the bomb caused. I think if he had known that, the bombs might not have been dropped.
Where else could the atomic bombs been dropped?
there was a list of 4 target cities in japan selected for atomic bombing. these were (in alphabetical order):
- hiroshima
- kokura
- nagasaki
- niigata
had japan not surrendered after the 3 planned atomic bombs of august more cities would have been added to this list as needed. considering the fact that the US had plans and production capacity to drop 23 atomic bombs on japan before the end of 1945, it is possible that once the invasion began in october future target selection might have been handed over entirely to the field commanders on tinnian according to the needs of combat.
When did us drop atomic bomb on japan?
The US dropped the atomic bomb (the little boy) on japan, on the 6th of august in 1945.
Why did trumans advisers want to use the atomic bomb on Japanese?
It was felt that when the American forces invaded the Japanese mainland islands, there would be a great loss of life. Not only on the American forces, but also on the Japanese civilian population. The Japanese had been instilled into them to fight to the last man, woman and child. So fearful had the civilians been, that on some of the other islands, some civilians had thrown themselves off cliffs into the sea to die. Despite the terrible use of the two atomic bombs, they did force the Japanese military Government to finally surrender. The Japanese surrender brought the war in Asia to an end, and it is thought, saved more lives on both sides from being wasted needlessly. Let us hope that atomic weapons will never have to be used again.
How many gas centrifuges did the US use to build the atomic bomb in World War 2?
None, this was not considered practical in the 1940s.
Why doesn't the US use bomb sirens for a warning for if we were attacked?
Such a warning system would have been sufficient back in the 1950s and early 1960s when the attack would have used bombers to deliver the bombs (I remember the Civil Defense siren tests when I was a kid). However any attack now will almost certainly use ICBMs which would arrive too soon for any such warning to help.
The Civil Defence siren system has been replaced with the Emergency Alert System that interrupts TV and Radio broadcasts with warnings of various natural disasters. This is one benefit that spun off of the Cold War.
What consequences of using the atomic bombs during World War 2?
That depends on who you 'listen' to. Some say Japan was trying to surrender and end the war, but that the US military wanted to drop the bomb not just to stop japan, but as a warning to Russia... hands off in the pacific.
Others point out to the assault on other Japanese strongholds in which hundreds of thousands died in taking over Guam(?). There were predictions of a minimum of 500,000 casualties to a max of 3,000,000 casualties if the US had to invade the main islands of Japan. These say that dropping the 2 bombs shortened the war and stopped many US casualties that would have occurred in an invasion.
That is a shortened version of the debate over whether the bombs should have been dropped. After the war, the horror of the radiation, burns, disfigurement, etc of the bombs lead to many opposing any further use of atomic weapons. Eventually Australia banned any ships with atomic/nuclear weapons from entering their harbors, but how do you know? US and other nations are not going to allow their ships to be searched when they enter port.
The USSR, Britain, France quickly developed atomic bombs of their own, and eventually, hydrogen bombs. This lead to ideas such as mutually assured destruction, referring to the ability of one country to retaliate if attacked and launch enough of these weapons to destroy the attacking country. Thus the world was in a 'cold war', lots of spying, killing the other counties operatives, but the countries too afraid of world wide destruction to start a war other than through 'proxy' countries like Korea(north vs south) and Vietnam or some South American countries trying to instill communist rule there. Constant tension over the Berlin Wall separating the 2 parts of Germany (one under Soviet influence, and the other under mainly the US).
Where was the desert was the atomic bomb tested in?
The original atomic bomb testing ground was in Almogordo, New Mexico.
How many people died when the two atomic bombs hit?
About 220,000 died due to the dropping of the 2 atomic bombs onto Japan in 1945. 75,000 in Nagasaki died and 145,000 in Hiroshima died.
What are some advantages about dropping the atomic bomb in unpopulated area?
You wind up killing fewer people when you drop your atomic bomb in an unpopulated area, as compared to a more populated area. Of course, killing people may be exactly what you want to do, in which case, it is more advantageous to drop it in a populated area.
Why was nagasaki chosen as a site for the bombing of the atomic bomb?
Nagasaki was a target for the US to drop a Atomic Bomb in 1945. Reason for this is that it was one of the largest seaports in southern Japan, and was of great wartime importance because of its wide-ranging industrial activities, including the production of; ordnance, ships, military equipment, and other war materials.
Where was the worlds first nuclear bomb created?
Los Alamos, NM produced at least the first 9 atomic bombs built, 5 of these were detonated. 3 in tests and 2 in combat.
How many people died in each city during the atomic bomb?
On average about 100,000; about the same as in a single 1000 plane firebombing attack, of which the US was conducting several every night at the time.
How many atomic bombs would equal a super nova?
As both atomic bombs and supernovas vary in yield, this question has no single answer.
Where was the Little Boy Atomic Bomb constructed?
The pieces were constructed at Los Alamos, NM, final assembly was on Tinnian island in the pacific.
When did the US get hit by the atomic bomb?
The US has never been attacked with nuclear weapons. Only 2 nuclear weapons have ever been used in war- both were dropped on Japan by the US, and ended WW 2.
The US hit itself with plenty in the years of atmospheric nuclear testing from 1945 to 1962. Nevada Test Site shots alone deposited fallout on everyone of the 48 continental states as well as parts of canada and mexico. We even built some small towns within the test site specifically for effects tests to see how badly buildings of different construction and glass would be damaged at various distances.
When did two atomic bombs get dropped on Japan by US?
august 6th and august 9th, 1945. Note that it took TWO atomic bombs to convince the Japs to surrender. They thought the USA had many more available, but actually we did not.
The third bomb was ready on August 18th, four days after the surrender and 20 more were already scheduled for production and delivery in 1945: 3 in September, 3 in October, 7 in November, and 7 in December. All 21 additional bombs were MK-3 Fatman type with their production rate limited only by rate of production of fissile material, the increase in November and December to 7 bombs a month was due to a planned change from a pure Plutonium-239 core to a composite Plutonium-239/Uranium-235 core.
Source: Chuck Hansen's work Swords of Armageddon. Declassified documents from FOIA requests.
What is the value of my World War 2 atomic bomb newspaper?
if you still have your world war 2 atomic bomb newspaper, its worth around $12,000 right now. but if you waited around another 10 years then it would be worth more likely than double that offer.
Where and when was the first atomic bombs used?
The very first atomic bomb was exploded in a test in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945. If you'd like to look up more information about it, you can look up the codename "Trinity".
