Tsar Bomba

On August 6th, 1945, two pieces of uranium were slammed together 600 meters above Hiroshima, initiating an explosive chain reaction. People near ground zero were instantly vaporized. Simultaneously, a huge cloud of dust and sand was thrown up in the air, which was described by survivors as: “the air turned dark and filled with a yellow cloud like poison gas” (Sheinkin, 357), This was all caused by the most famous - or for that matter infamous - weapon in the world - the atom bomb. The atom bomb…

nuclear energy could be used to create atomic bombs. The trinity test and the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945 to end World War 2 displayed to the world how this energy could be used for military use. Not long after, Russia developed the Tsar bomba in…

awesome power; the Soviets followed suit, and then Great Britain, China, and France.” This would continue until eventually the bombs began to get to large with the biggest ever being tested by Russia. This bomb was a hydrogen bomb being 50Mt. nicknamed Tsar…

Why to Stop Nuclear Weapons Nuclear weapons are very destructive. They cause terrible damage to anything they hit and surrounding area. Although only two have been used in war the threat that more could be used is very possible. Many countries and terrorist groups are trying to get their hands on nuclear materials and weapons so that they can cause harm to other more powerful countries. How the weapon is made, what it is, its effects on the environment, treaties formed, nuclear security, and…

Codenamed the “Manhattan Project,” the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War 2 was the single-biggest military construction project in history (The Atomic Bombings, n.d.). Responsible for approximately 200,000 casualties, the atomic bomb left a path of total destruction and devastation in these two major Japanese cities (The Atomic Bombings, n.d.). It was the only time nuclear weapons had been used on civilization, which gave us a true idea of what the effects…