Effects of the Atomic Bomb :: World War II History

Effects of the Atomic BombThe effects of the nuclear dud were terrible. Theres no doubt in my mind that the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a costly mistake. Atomic bombs produce heat millions of degrees high, and visible ultraviolet and inferred rays.(Lapp 844) Everyone and everything loose to their blast is affected. No one is left untouched, whether it be emotional or physical in many cases both. However, many members of the science community debate that the atomic bomb was a great advance in technology, and happen their effect on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a scientific experiment. People from the defense department in g overnment also see the bomb as great weapons in national defense. When reading my paper, you must decide for yourself the clean-living issues involved with using atomic bombs in warfare.The day after the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, it rained all day. The rain was pitch black, and very cold.(Pacific state of war Research Society (PWRS) 245) A huge cloud of dust cover the sun and made what was left of the city very dark. Realizing the bombs effect on climate, a group of scientists came up with the Nuclear Winter Theory in 1983.(Glasstone NPG) The surmisal states that if barely one half the nuclear warheads in the unite States were exploded, there would be enough smoke and dust in the melodic phrase to block sunlight for several months destroying all plant life and creating a subfreezing climate until the dust dispersed.(Glasstone NPG) According to the Nuclear Winter Theory, that would be the block of human civilization(Glasstone NPG) Although the US Department of Defense acknowledges the validity of this theory they say that it wont affect its defense policies on how many warheads are kept.(Glasstone NPG)Although atomic bombs can have a catastrophic effect on climate, we larn that their effect on buildings is al roughly as bad. With the bombings in World struggle 2, we saw their effect on historic la ndmarks, houses, and office buildings. When the bomb was dropped only one greyback away from ground zero, the blast cracked walls over twelve inches thick.(Lapp 843) The shockwave after the bomb was felt over a mile away. Heat incinerated everything within a 500 yard radius of the hypocenter. In Hiroshima, the blast demolished all buildings except those that were earthquake resistant.(Lapp 843) Some buildings scantily vanished into air.(PWRS 243)However terrible the effect of atomic bombs on climate and buildings, what stands out most in our minds about atomic bombs is usually the people.