Bomb

or not to use the atomic bomb during the cold days of war was the landmark question that faced President Truman. He made the executive decision to drop the bomb, starting with Hiroshima, Japan; and from that moment, history was forever changed. Perhaps, I am injudicious, but in my opinion, such extreme measures during a lengthy, ongoing war was not most rational…

time, and times change. I relate this cockiness to my organization, bomb disposal. A Bomb Disposaleer must have confidence in himself and his work, even demonstrating arrogance at times. But times have changed, and my organization is now in the renewal phase of operations. As the endeavors in Iraq and Afghanistan have reduced typical military deployments, a new type of partner nation relationship development has begun. NEOD (bomb disposal) is less often “large and in charge” and more…

xplosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Bomb Technicians. Their job is to limit damage to people and property by rendering safe or disposing of unexploded, unfired or fired ordnance (Conventional, nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological). They respond to IED’s, UXO’s (unexploded ordnance) from wars past, clear bombing ranges and much more. Composition C Composition C (C4) is the standard HE (high explosive) for the military. One block of M112 C4 weighs 1.25 pounds and has a TNT equivalent…

The most common is a Styrofoam cup. And a more complicated one is called a bomb calorimeter which has the substance in the middle surrounded by water, and the substance is ignited and the change in temperature of the water is measured. (Cal …) The measurements as well as the mass and the specific heat, “which is the amount of…

discovered this phenomenon by scientists like Henri Becquerel, Wilhelm Roentgen and Marie and Pierre Curie and others. In 1945 we can say that tragically began the "Nuclear Age" with the fall of the first atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. From there the certainty that nuclear bombs could destroy our civilization affects political decisions and attitude towards war. But fortunately the man has made the peaceful…

Introduction Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians (NEOD), the organization that I am currently a part of, are a small group (1500 personnel) trained in the art of bomb defusal. As a seasoned and mobile force, we specialize in a plethora of complex and dangerous tasks ranging from IED to chemical and biological weapon remediation. Post 9/11 global terrorist activities placed tremendous “operational stress” upon the NEOD community with relentless training and deployments (Jones, Hammond…

The atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths. Even today, many debate whether or not the US should have dropped the atomic bombs. Not only have the bombs killed many Japanese, the bombs also caused radiation sickness. However, these bombs were effective in that they ended one of the most costly wars the world has seen. Although the results of the atomic bombs were devastating to Japan, the US was justified in dropping the bombs because…

the United States decision to use atomic bombs against Japan and what arguments have been made against it? WWII was fought between the Allied powers composed of USA, Britain and the Soviet Union, and the Axis Powers, comprised of Germany, Italy and Japan, and was one of the deadliest conflicts in all of history. The vast amount of casualties on both sides totalled to 6,000,000 deaths – about 3% of the global population in the 1940s. The use of atomic bombs was to put an end to the war. Leading…

two, one controversial issue has always been the justification of the nuclear bomb dropping in the two Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On the one hand, people with limited knowledge and a warped perspective on history argues that the two nuclear bombs dropped were not justified, and were quick and haste decisions in the White House. On the other hand, the logical and realistic audience contends that the bomb droppings were justified due to its effects in securing a fast and quick…

After the atomic bomb struck Japan, many people suffered from the aftermath of the radiations and the “acid rains” which was raindrops containing particles from the atmosphere containing carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. Radiation from the bomb penetrated deeply into human body and cells, and thus molecules, resulting in cell death, inhibited cell division, abnormalities of intracellular molecules and membranes. Since the atomic bomb was the first nuclear bomb ever made, the…