Atomic Bomb 7
It began in the desert of New Mexico on July 16, 1945, with the first U.S. atomic test called Trinity. The device was comprised of 19,300 tons of TNT explosive. There was an intense light that brightened the distant mountains, a sudden wave of heat, and then a tremendous roar as the shock wave echoed in the valley (Bolt 1). This was the first atomic test recorded in the history of the world. The man who invented the atomic bomb was physicist Albert Einstein. Two months after Einstein's incredible invention, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. One bomb was nicknamed Little Boy, which killed 70,000 people, including soldiers of the second Japanese Army in a town called Hiroshima. The second bomb, which was called the Fat Man, killed about 39,000 persons in Nagasaki on August 15 (Bolt2). The use of mass destruction proves its point when it takes the lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people. These two bombs opened the gates to the Nuclear age throughout the history of the world. Countries like Russia, India, the United States, and Great Britain, are currently developing more deadly atomic bombs, in case of war. The lives of millions of innocent people will be at risk. This is why we should fully understand t
Trauma which attaches to the use of nuclear weapons and to decentralize the After the completion of the atomic bomb, the United States has been trying furiously to develop a more powerful nuclear weapon during the early 1950's. The United States new that after the two horrific explosions in Japan, countries all over the world have been trying to develop there owns type of bomb. The U.S. also new that the Russians where competing with the U.S. over nuclear power. During the late 1950's and early 1960's the Russians have been developing power plants that would develop nuclear fission bombs. The U.S. knew that if they didn't find a more powerful weapon other than the atomic bomb, Russia would try to take over the world. Scientists finally found a new weapon called the Hydrogen Bomb. During the Gulf War with Iraq, President Saddam Hussein has tried to buy Nuclear Weapons from China (Weiner A5). Thankfully for the sake of the world, china refused to sell nuclear weapons to this cold-hearted dictator. Saddam Hussein who defeated the Iranian in the 1980's thought that if he could defeat the Iranians why not try to defeat the United States. Today in 1998 President Saddam Hussein stills holds a threat for the whole world, but United Nation inspectors are inspecting sights where nuclear bombs where tested and used at one time. If the Iraqi's do use biological and chemical warfare, rest assures that there would be a counter attack toward the Iraqi's. Many people ask, what happens if a biological weapon from Iraqi hits the United States? All of the Iraqi missiles are somewhat long-range missiles, but not one missile can reach the United States because of its far distance. But, this holds a threat to other neighboring countries like Russia, India, and Israel. Iraqi still possesses Scud-type missiles with chemical and biological warheads, more than 2,000 gallons of anthrax, 31,000 chemical warfare munitions, and 600 tons of material to produce deadly VX Nerve agent (Hallion 123). In 1949, the United States navy had done tests in our rainwater. Reports show that radioactive rain has fallen from the sky and killed plant vegetation here in the United States. The navy has reasons to believe that the air currents had pushed dark clouds from the Russian regional area, which carried radioactive chemicals in the clouds causing acid rain to pour into our souls. (Bolt 10). Hundreds of farmers in the south had been complaining that their crops have been dying out because of the rain. Usually farmers are delighted to see rain pour onto their crops because farmers save money on water during the year. Farmers have been furiously upset that the economy has been sloping downward for many years. Russia who is not to far away from the United States is put to blame for the decrease in the economy. This is just one problem the United States faced during the nuclear age. After the first explosion of the atomic bomb in Japan, great tensions erupted in many parts of the world. Some people in America were greatly disturbed that the president of the United States actually called the use of the atomic bomb on Japan. Many people feared that the United States might get involved in another war with Russia causing a nuclear catastrophic disaster. This is why on July 1946; demonstrations in time square took place to stop America from using atomic power on other countries in the future. After defeating both Germany and Japan the Russian and the United States both knew that the war was not over. Russia wanted to expand on all of it German territories causing great tensions between the Russians and the United States. This is why the U.S. and the Russian are in a race to find the effective weapon to stay on top. This is what feared many people in both the United States and Russia, that both powerful countries might use nuclear arms for power. This is why the U.S. called for peace action but failed numerous times.
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Approximate Pages = 13 (250 words per page double spaced)
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