[sp]My English Class Informative Speech topic btw.[/sp]
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In 1939, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to then-president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This letter was concerning recent news that the German scientists have succeeded in splitting the atom, Einstein suggested that such research might make it possible to build [b]"extremely powerful bombs of a new type."[/b] Einstein advised speeding up researched--before the Germans got there first. He also recommended that the United States take action to secure an adequate supply or uranium.
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This very letter set off a chain reaction that no, single nuclear bomb could ever yield. Einstein's warning sparked the Manhattan Project--The enormous effort to create the first atomic bomb.
[img]http://www.hcc.mnscu.edu/chem/abomb/Trinity_Explosion.jpg[/img]
The image above is the first atomic bomb 'Trinity' that detonated successfully in Roentgens, New Mexico. The blast yielded ~20 kilotons of TNT (90 Terajoules of energy), the shockwave of the blast reached out 100 miles away from the blast cite. The crate it left behind was 10 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide. Glass was formed with a radius of 800 yards from the testing tower.
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[quote][b]Now we're all sons of bitches --Kenneth Bainbridge, Trinity Test Director, shortly after the explosion had passed[/b][/quote]
[quote][b]Now I am become Death. The destroyer of worlds. --J. Robert Oppenheimer, Los Alamos Project Director, his initial thoughts on witnessing the first atomic detonation[/b][/quote]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Trinity_fallout.png/732px-Trinity_fallout.png[/img]
The image above was the fallout that was measured after the Trinity Blast, harmful radiation reached as far as ~140 miles along the wind.
By 1945, many scientists were alarmed by the power of this new weapon--especially since it was now clear that Germany wasn't building one of its own. Einstein wrote FDR another letter, asking him to meet with scientists who opposed its use. But the president died before he could read it.
Einstein later said the first letter was [b]"the single greatest mistake"[/b] of his entire life.
[quote][b]Alas. Oh my God. --Einstein. On hearing the news of the bombing of Hiroshima[/b][/quote]
[b]Little Boy[/b]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Little_boy.jpg[/img]
The first atomic bomb to be carried by a heavy bomber, and the first atomic weapon to be detonated during a time of war. The bomb was 10 feet long and 2 feet and 4 inches wide. It yielded ~15 kilotons of TNT, slightly less powerful than the bomb that was detonated in the Manhattan Project.
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64 kg of uranium was used in the weapon, less than a single gram (0.6g) of the uranium underwent nuclear fission as it was shot; causing the explosion.
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Little Boy was to be detonated 1,900 feet (580m) above the city to maximize the effects and damage. In less than one second, 4.7 square miles of the city was destroyed, 69% of the city was effectively ruined/flattened. Estimates have varied that 70-80,000 were killed in the initial blast.
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Hiroshima before the blast
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After the explosion.
The magnitude of the atomic blast was so powerful that it had burned shadows of objects and people onto the ground and the walls that managed to remain intact after the explosion.
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The Americans did indeed continue to use it. The atomic weapon, Fat Man was soon dropped on the city of Nagasaki three days later.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Fat_man.jpg[/img]
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Nagasaki_1945_-_Before_and_after_%28adjusted%29.jpg[/img]
~80,000 people were killed in the initial bombing, as well as a dozen POWs that were in the city.
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Sumiteru Taniguchi, a child during the bombing of Nagasaki lays on his front as he sustained severe burns on his back.
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The scars still remain today.
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki forcefully prompted the Japanese to agree to an unconditional surrender on September 2.
Soon, the race to build the nuclear bomb was taken up by every other emerging superpower after the war, the Soviet Union, and the United States were the primary contenders. In less than 7 years the United States detonated the first Hydrogen Bomb. The magnitude of the first Hydrogen bomb was measured at 10 megatons of TNT. 450 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Nagasaki.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Teller-Ulam_device.png[/img]
More research will continue.
IMO, the Japs had it coming.
Funny thing about WW2 and the bomb. The Uranium requires a critical mass where there are enough other atoms around to start a chain reaction. The Americans calculated it based on how many atoms required so there would be just enough to create a chain reaction, Heisenberg working for the Nazis calculated it so that every atom hit another one. This miscalculation made the Nazis think they needed an enormous amount of Uranium to make a bomb when all you needed was a small amount, something that their enrichment plants were making every couple of days. If Heisenberg hadn't been a dunce about it, the Nazis would of had the bomb Long before anyone else.
[QUOTE=Devodiere;26418999]Funny thing about WW2 and the bomb. The Uranium requires a critical mass where there are enough other atoms around to start a chain reaction. The Americans calculated it based on how many atoms required so there would be just enough to create a chain reaction, Heisenberg working for the Nazis calculated it so that every atom hit another one. This miscalculation made the Nazis think they needed an enormous amount of Uranium to make a bomb when all you needed was a small amount, something that their enrichment plants were making every couple of days. If Heisenberg hadn't been a dunce about it, the Nazis would of had the bomb Long before anyone else.[/QUOTE]
:ohdear:
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Isn't Germany one of the most Uranium rich nations?
[QUOTE=Explosions;26418891]IMO, the Japs had it coming.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Explosions;26418891]IMO, the Japs had it coming.[/QUOTE]
It was either that or expend a lot more unnecessary American casualties.
To the person rating me dumb, go take a history class. :v:
I hope to God I never see one of these used in anger in my lifetime because it can only lead to something worse
Nuclear weaponry scares the shit out of me.
But its cool nonetheless
[QUOTE=Mr Dinosaur;26419050]It was either that or expend a lot more unnecessary American casualties.[/QUOTE]
On both sides really. The Japanese were planning to arm every man woman and child to fight them and even the bomb wasn't enough as some of the military personnel tried to stage a coup so they could keep fighting. It's horrible to see but it's either that or wipe out about 60% of the Japanese population through war.
[QUOTE=Mr Dinosaur;26419050]It was either that or expend a lot more unnecessary American casualties.
To the person rating me dumb, go take a history class. :v:[/QUOTE]
Ironic username that he has too.
Oh and before he "agreed" his name was explosion
[QUOTE=Mr Dinosaur;26419050]It was either that or expend a lot more unnecessary American casualties.
To the person rating me dumb, go take a history class. :v:[/QUOTE]
I rated you dumb because your reply had nothing to do with my comment, and now you just started the whole "should we have used the nuke" debate.
Go take a Facepunch history class if you haven't seen how these threads turn out. :v:
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[QUOTE=alphatwo;26419116][img_thumb]http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091015143050/fallout/images/4/46/Fat_Man.png[/img_thumb]
:v:[/QUOTE]
Wasn't that renamed to "The Nuka Launcher" in Japan?
We talked about this in my history class today. I had seen the before and after of Nagasaki before, not Hiroshima though.
Its sad to think of the people within the initial blast radius, who were vaporized in the blink of an eye.
And to those within range of the shockwave; the sudden blinding flash, followed by the blistering heat and radiation.
Bad way to go...
[QUOTE=Explosions;26419149]I rated you dumb because your reply had nothing to do with my comment, and now you just started the whole "should we have used the nuke" debate.
Go take a Facepunch history class if you haven't seen how these threads turn out. :v:
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Wasn't that renamed to "The Nuka Launcher" in Japan?[/QUOTE]
Except, I was agreeing with your post by giving reasons to why using a nuke was justifiable.
[QUOTE=Explosions;26419149]I rated you dumb because your reply had nothing to do with my comment, and now you just started the whole "should we have used the nuke" debate.
Go take a Facepunch history class if you haven't seen how these threads turn out. :v:
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Wasn't that renamed to "The Nuka Launcher" in Japan?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, so it wasn't offensive to them
It's sad to hear the scientist's feeling bad about the nuclear bomb. Their idea's changed the world forever.
[QUOTE=Explosions;26418891]IMO, the Japs had it coming.[/QUOTE]
Yeah those innocent civilians totally got what was coming to them.
(please die)
[QUOTE=Perfumly;26419257]Yeah those innocent civilians totally got what was coming to them.
(please die)[/QUOTE]
Not the civilians, but the nation as a whole.
Op didn't mention anything about isotopes and the types of ionizing radiation involved in nuclear bombs.
Enlighten us.
[QUOTE=Fuhrer;26419270]Op didn't mention anything about isotopes and the types of ionizing radiation involved in nuclear bombs.
Enlighten us.[/QUOTE]
He probably doesn't know. Nor is that important. He covered the basics so we can sort of understand what happens.
fcuk your shit
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BTW
u guys know u can make a nuke out of a lot of smoke detectors right?
no im serious
just ask me how
[QUOTE=Perfumly;26419257]Yeah those innocent civilians totally got what was coming to them.
(please die)[/QUOTE]
If I remember right we tried to warn the civilians, but the emperor made a law that picking up the sheets we dropped were a X amount of money fine.
[QUOTE=Explosions;26419267]Not the civilians, but the nation as a whole.[/QUOTE]
The nation as a whole is comprised mainly of innocent civilians.
The government may have sucked but that doesn't mean you go and kill tens of thousands of people.
[QUOTE=Perfumly;26419257]Yeah those innocent civilians totally got what was coming to them.
(please die)[/QUOTE]
It was the lesser of two evils.
[QUOTE=Mr Dinosaur;26419311]It was the lesser of two evils.[/QUOTE]
Killing defenseless civilians is less evil than allowing two groups of soldiers to duke it out?
It may have been the best option in American interest, but not ahead in morality whatsoever.
[QUOTE=Explosions;26419149]Wasn't that renamed to "The Nuka Launcher" in Japan?[/QUOTE]
For some reason I like 'Nuka-Launcher' better than 'Fat Man'.
I dunno why. Maybe because I like anything with 'Nuka' in it.
:v:
On-topic:
Yeah, nukes are scary, but aren't today's nukes engineered to give off less radiation than, say, the Fat Man?
[QUOTE=Perfumly;26419381]Killing defenseless civilians is less evil than allowing two groups of soldiers to duke it out?
It may have been the best option in American interest, but not ahead in morality whatsoever.[/QUOTE]
That is a stupid assumption, as less life was lost in these two bombings than what would have been lost if an invasion had occurred, as well as material damage.
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