Nuclear weapon design

Miller English 12A 20 March, 2016 The Atomic Bombing of Japan After forty-four months of increasingly brutal fighting between the Japanese and the Allies in the islands of the Pacific Ocean, an American B-29 bomber loaded with the most powerful weapon ever created by man, was headed for the city of Hiroshima. The crew was preparing to unleash the beast on an unsuspecting civilian and military population. The United States needed to do something drastic because Japan was not going to stop…

Many refugees that were scientist were already concerned about nuclear weapon research that was being conducted by the Nazi’s in Germany, before the outbreak of war in 1939. After the United States entered into World War II they began funding their own atomic weapons development program. The Office of Scientific Research and Development and the War Department shared joint responsibility of the program. Huge facilities were required to conduct this top secret program that was codenamed “The…

that of the Atomic bomb. As mentioned earlier, the V2 was developed with the purpose of demoralizing the civilian populations in allied countries, possibly helping with the war effort. The atomic bomb, on the other hand, was developed in large as a weapon to end the war between the USA and Japan. While the atomic bomb is known to be a large cause for the Japanese surrender in 1945, given that the surrender came only 6 days after the second bomb was dropped , the V2 was not nearly as successful…

rush to make the first atomic bomb. The bomb was the weapon that was thought to be the weapon and the key to winning any war. In the United States’ effort to create this atomic weapon, the Manhattan Project was founded by President Roosevelt (“The Manhattan Project”). However, for the bomb to be effective, utmost privacy was needed. No one other than those directly involved could know- not even the military, who would later utilize this weapon. Due to the fact that it could…

The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan 6 August 1945. The immediate effect to this city was devastating and life altering. The landscape of the city was virtually obliterated. Short and long term medical effects were drastic. Psychological issues were also on the increase among survivors. The environmental effects, according to some in the scientific field, are still being dealt with today. The ultimate effect was the surrender of Japan. One of the reasons Hiroshima became…

Morgenthau explained a straightforward classical or human nature view of Realism. Offensive and defense realist take his points and slightly alter them. These perspectives can shed light on actions of more aggressive states versus peaceful states. John Mearsheimer, an offense realist, states that states seek primacy. He agrees with Morgenthau’s assumptions; however, he adds that in an unbalanced multipolar system states will fear a growing hegemon and act aggressively. In this unbalanced system…

war is performed is just a recipe for destruction. Science is taking war to an entire new level; Nuclear warfare; Eletronicware warfare; Naval warfare; and even Chemical warfare. Violence is something in this world that must be stopped, it ruins lives and it ruins our earth. We as a nation need to put our foot…

crucial in the Cold War. In 1949, the Soviet Union ended the United States nuclear monopoly, and the U.S was not prepared for this (Holloway, P. 384). It was not the quantity of nuclear weapons that caused concern; it was the vast increase in their destructive power as the hydrogen bomb replaced the atomic bomb, and missiles fired across continents replaced bombs dropped by planes. Using (and developing) nuclear weapons came with a great responsibility that was not to be taken lightly. During…

World War I saw the emergence of tanks and machine guns. The Second World War saw the prominent use of flame throwers and the introduction of long range guided ballistic missiles. The Cold War was a standoff centered on nuclear bombs. The Persian Gulf War was won through extensive bombing via stealth fighter-bombers and Tomahawk cruise missiles. So what is the world’s newest way to wage or threaten war? The internet. As large nations—such as the United States and many of its allies—become ever…

I had heard the reports and saw the newspapers but I didn’t expect this kind of devastation to happen so suddenly. The United States was making threats and I knew they weren’t going to go about this quietly. The years that followed this shocking day in the city of Hiroshima were just as degrading. The morning of August 6th, 1945 started out normal. I was about to leave my house to go to work after waking the kids up to have breakfast. Suddenly a bright flash of amber yellow light appeared…