TNT

that appeared to be like a “jet engine” (CSB, 2009). By the time this occurred, it was too late. About 10 seconds after the sound, a massive explosion occurred. The CSB noted that the explosion was equivalent to about fourteen-hundred pounds of TNT (CSB,…

Everybody like basketball. Basket ball had a lot of great players like Larry bird or the king Jordan. To me the best is Kobe Bryant also known as the black Maba. I am going to tell you about his early career and his professional career. His legacy and the records he broke and set now I am going to tell you how he came straight out of high school to the NBA. Bryant started playing basket ball when he was 3 years old. His favorite team growing…

reached 40,000 feet, blowing out windows up to 100 miles away. A half mile wide crater turned the sand into glass. Shortly after that, word got to President Truman that the project was successful (Manhattan). The explosion was equal about 18,000 tons of TNT (America). Robert J. Oppenheimer, David Bohm, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, Otto Frisch, Rudolf Peierls, Felix Block, Niels Bohr, Eillo Segre, James Franck, Enrico Fermi, Klaus Fuchs, and Edward Teller are all people who worked on the bomb…

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is a multifaceted organization, providing expertise to America and our allies in order to reduce the potential threat of weapons of mass destruction. This organization was developed to mitigate the potential threat, providing reach-back capabilities, eliminate, and reduce the usage of any chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high yield explosives. We will discuss the creation of the organization, the Joint Improvised Threat Defeat…

Michael Jeffrey Jordan also famously known by his initials MJ is a former NBA (National Basketball Association) basketball player. He played for the Chicago Bulls and the Washington Wizards. Jordan has played a total of 15 seasons for the two teams. MJ is frequently referred to as the greatest basketball player of all time. Recently Jordan made his debut in the Forbes list of billionaires with an estimated net worth of US$ 1 billion. Currently MJ is 1741st richest person in the world and 513th…

"He already did that." The words were spoken in impeccable English, a distraction from the Japanese Light used with his father. Light swallowed as Soichiro gasped on the other end. Like a old recorder from thirty years ago, the voice droned on, this time in Japanese, "Pardon. Perhaps I should be more specific. At 6:11PM, nineteen Disney World employees exploded." As Light's father expressed words of disbelief and condolence, Light tried to deduce the picture in a factual, logical way. Since…

An Opioid is a medication that lessens pain; this is achieved by reducing the intensity of pain signals from the central nervous system’s location, inside the amygdala, which controls emotion which will decrease the effects of pain slowly. An example of these types of medication is Hydrocodone, Oxycodone, Morphine, Codeine, and other drugs with related functions. They are often prescribed for a variety of painful conditions as well as before and after surgery. However, all of these are used…

A single nuclear weapon may have an explosive force equivalent to millions of tons. That would equal megatons of trinitrotoluene. Trinitrotoluene is normally called TNT and is the chemical explosive normally used for comparisons and can destroy a large city in just a few seconds. The devastating power of nuclear weapons comes from the core of the atom. The core of the atom is called the nucleus. One type of nuclear…

The September 11th attacks in 2001 marked one of the toughest tragedies that the United States has faced. Following these attacks the United States has increased its security tremendously over the years to better protect the country from future attacks such as the one faced on that day 13 years ago. However, regardless of their attempts to strengthen the countries security, we’re still at high risk for a weapon of mass destruction attack. A weapon of mass destruction is ultimately defined as any…

The Bombing of Hiroshima occurred on August 6, 1945. This was a devastating and tragic event in history. The lives of the japanese people and the people of Hiroshimas would forever be changed. Countless lives were lost and many more suffered horrendous after effects of the bombing. The political, economic and social structure were destroyed. Japan and Hiroshima would never be the same. In 1941 Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor. These acts of cruelty led the american government to wage war…