The obvious negative effects of using the atomic weapons were the extremely high civilian casualty rate for Japan and the immorality of using such a weapon. The use of the bombs would also introduce them to the rest of the world, starting other countries race for nuclear weapons. While there were some negative consequences to using the atomic bombs, there were also negatives to not using them. Almost $2,000,000,000 were spend developing the atomic weapons (Document I). That two trillion dollars would have gone to waist if they were not used on
The obvious negative effects of using the atomic weapons were the extremely high civilian casualty rate for Japan and the immorality of using such a weapon. The use of the bombs would also introduce them to the rest of the world, starting other countries race for nuclear weapons. While there were some negative consequences to using the atomic bombs, there were also negatives to not using them. Almost $2,000,000,000 were spend developing the atomic weapons (Document I). That two trillion dollars would have gone to waist if they were not used on