The cold war, an issue of global importance in 1947-1991 that prompted the creation of the H-bomb in 1949 when the Soviets had successfully detonated an atomic bomb (The First hydrogen bomb test, 2011). By using the previously developed formulas and techniques that made the atomic bomb, the combination of nuclear fission and fusion created the H-bomb, a weapon of significantly higher destructive power than the nuclear bomb during this time (The Development and Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, n.d.). While the atomic bomb used fission to get its destructive power the thermonuclear bomb used a combination of both. Fission would work as a trigger to the fusion. For the process that the H-bomb goes through it is necessary to have fission happen …show more content…
On one hand it means the mass destruction and murder of millions, but on the other could it help keep peace? The most common argument heard from the pros side is that these weapons can help keep peace. And in terms of ethics this reason for creating a weapon of mass destruction more powerful than the atomic bomb itself is correct as it keeps the people of all involved parties safe. The top two arguments for ethically correct are that the possession of these prevents other countries from attacking and that it makes negotiation the first choice instead of all-out war to begin with (7 Biggest Pros and Cons of Nuclear Weapons, 2015). If the goal of nuclear weapons is to win a war and save your own country then the nuclear weapons today and the H- bomb have done just that. The most ethical way for a country to use their atomic weapons is to use them as a means for negotiation. The countries power is implied through how many nuclear weapons it has and thus if the purpose is to save lives and prevent war the creation of these weapons can be seen as ethical (List of Pros and Cons of Nuclear Weapons, 2015). The argument proceeds to suggest that without the threat of mass destruction to your country more wars would break out without even the slightest thought. However because certain countries do have the …show more content…
The effect after the explosion too supports this argument as it makes the conditions of survivors limited. After the cold war the US and Russia decreased their number of armed nuclear weapons this by many sources being the honorable thing to do (List of Pros and Cons of Nuclear Weapons, 2015). But when it comes to the use and ownership of nuclear weapons this is viewed as highly immoral and unethical no matter what the country is trying to protect, it has the potential to murder millions. The physicist at the time, 1949, even questioned the ethics of the project, the creation of the H-bomb (). The matter of fact is that the use of the H-Bomb and nuclear weapons in general not only murders millions but also affects the lives of those around the explosion and the future generations of said country. Survivors will forever be affected and the future generations will suffer the long term effects of the explosion. This is supported by research done on survivors of the bombings in japan which suffered from various cancers and their children were born with birth defects (Harris, n.d). Due to the fact that It kills so many innocent people or citizens and because it not only has an effect on the country when the bomb explodes but also on the future generations the ownership and use of the
The development of atomic bomb boosted the level of understanding in terms of physics and chemistry of that particular time period. Physicists started to realize that stable nuclei can be converted to unstable nuclei. Through such process, they discovered that heavy nuclei can undergo nuclear fission. While testing, they added a neutron to an isotope of Uranium 235. This resulted Uranium 235 to become unstable and break down into Barium and Krypton, releasing two to three more neutrons. The breakdown of Uranium 235 is called “fission”. When the released neutrons attach to other isotopes of Uranium 235, this can result in a chain reaction of fission. For every generation of fission, the amount of fission is doubled, and this resulted in an extreme outburst of energy. The amount of energy released by this process is related to Einstein’s famous equation “E=mc^2” (Wolf).
The Cold War had lots of confrontations that involved using principles and practicing them. One example is the Cuban Missile Crisis. Cuba was coming off the failed invasion by the United States at the Bay of Pigs. They allied themselves with the Soviet Union and, in order to protect Cuba, The Soviet Union sent missiles to Cuba. The Americans found out using a spy plane. They warned Russia not to do this because it threatened the USA. However, the Soviet Union wasn’t stopping. This event was quickly called The Cuban Missile Crisis. Principles in the Cuban Missile Crisis were the ideas/thoughts that occurred without going into action like when the United States said they would have peace talks with the Soviet Union but instead waited until the Soviets offered them a plan. Practices in the Cuban Missile Crisis were that ideas that went into action like their plan to quarantine Cuba from the Soviet Union. During this crisis, it was clear that the United States had a lot more principles than practices.
In 1945, America terrified the world by using the Atom Bomb in Hiroshima and later in Nagasaki. This fear of the most powerful weapon ever created started a cold war between America and Russia. These two great nations had started the race for the super bomb, which would have each country trying to out do the other for decades to come.
The USA’s new weapon, the Hydrogen bomb, or H-bomb, was one of the most powerful weapons of the time. In 1950, the H-bomb was tested in the Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands (Cold War History). The reaction was so fierce, the explosion wiped the island off the face of the earth, leaving a crater on the ocean floor. The explosion reached a range of 25 square miles and had a mushroom cloud which dropped radioactive fallout on the surrounding areas (The Cold War Museum). This new weapon scared the Soviet Union into creating their own bombs.
When President Truman authorized the use of two nuclear weapons in 1945 against the Japanese in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II, the nature of international security was changed irreversibly. At that time, the United States had what was said to have a monopoly of atomic bombs. Soon thereafter, the Soviet Union began working on atomic weaponry. In 1949, it had already detonated it first atomic bomb and tensions began to heat up between the two countries. With the information that the Soviets had tested their first bomb, the United States began work on more powerful weapons1, and a fight for nuclear superiority had begun.
The Hydrogen Bomb The Atomic Bomb Was A Essential First Step toward the Development of the Hydrogen Bomb, Before the atomic bomb was developed by the united states during World War II, there was no way to produce the extreme amounts of heat needed to initiate the fusion reaction of the hydrogen bomb. Even after World War II, the hydrogen bomb faced many political and technical obstacles. The U.S. government gave priority to perfecting and stockpiling atomic bombs, and scientist discovered that initiating a fusion reaction was more than simply placing a container of hydrogen near a fission trigger.
When the topic of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagisaki is brought up, many wonder whether or not the United States should have dropped the bomb in the first place. The short answer is, we shouldn’t have. But there are specific reasons as to why that is. And while not everyone agrees with either side, there is a wrong and a right one. It’s easy to make a choice based on just statistics and vague numbers thrown out, however, when you think about the people who suffered as a result of these bombs and the generations still burdened with the side effects of radiation poisoning; if given the choice, would you have dropped the bomb?
The development and usage of the first atomic bombs has caused a change in military, political, and public functionality of the world today. The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki revolutionized warfare by killing large masses of civilian population with a single strike. The bombs’ effects from the blast, extreme heat, and radiation left an estimated 140,000 people dead. The bombs created a temporary resolution that lead to another conflict. The Cold War was a political standoff between the Soviet Union and the United States that again created a new worldwide nuclear threat. The destructive potential of nuclear weapons had created a global sweep of fear as to what might happen if these terrible forces where unleashed again. The technology involved in building the first atomic bombs has grown into the creation of nuclear weapons that are potentially 40 times more powerful than the original bombs used. However, a military change in strategy has came to promote nuclear disarmament and prevent the usage of nuclear weapons. The technology of building the atomic bomb has spurred some useful innovations that can be applied through the use of nuclear power. The fear of a potential nuclear attack had been heightened by the media and its release of movies impacting on public opinion and fear of nuclear devastation. The lives lost after the detonation of the atomic bombs have become warning signs that changed global thinking and caused preventative actions.
The atomic bomb shouldn't have been used to defeat Japan because it immediately killed an estimated 120,000 people. “On August 6, 1945, during World War II, an
The hydrogen bomb was built in 1952, and is known as the greatest byproduct of the cold war. The invention of this bomb gave America tremendous amounts of technological power over the Soviet Union (in the cold war). Seven years before the hydrogen bomb was made, America built the atomic bomb. This invention created a monopoly of nuclear arms (for America) and incited the cold war. Soon (in 1949), the USSR also created an atomic bomb, which ended America’s monopoly of nuclear arms and began to cause unsettling fear among Americans. In response, President Harry Truman frantically organized a team create a “super bomb.” This bomb would be equivalent to 50 million tons of TNT (more than all the explosives used in World War II), and would be known
The nuclear bomb was the most devastating weapon ever created by man. It was developed between 1942 and 1945 during the second World War. The project to build the worlds first atomic weapon was called The Manhattan Project. The nuclear bomb was based on the idea of splitting an atom to create energy, this is called fission. Three bombs were created, “Trinity”, “Little Boy”, and “Fat Man”. “Trinity” was dropped on a test site in New Mexico on July 16, 1945, proving the theories, engineering and mathematics of the bomb to be correct. Shortly after that, not more than 2 months, the U.S. performed the first actual nuclear attack in the history of war. The bomb “Little Boy” was dropped on the town of Hiroshima, instantly killing thousands. “Fat Man” was dropped shortly after on the town of Nagasaki. After the bombing almost all scientist involved with the creation of the bomb regretted its construction and spoke out against the abolishment of nuclear weapons.
If they knew the enormous danger and effects of this new bomb, then they shouldn't have done it. Perhaps they could have found a different way to finish this all.Critical Appraisal- "Z for Zachariah" and "Hiroshima"In my personal opinion "Z for Zachariah" could have been a bit more accurate in which ways they made the radiation affect people. First off, in "Hiroshima", which was a true story, not all the people died from the radiation, yes they got very ill from it. Such as fevers, vomiting, hair loss, white blood count going up and down, etc. But most of them died from all the wounds from the bomb. And the radiation didn't kill and poison all the things within the bomb as it did in "Z".
The destruction of a nuclear weapon is devastating at the center of the explosion temperatures reach the millions. A strong blast of wind strong enough to knock building flat, strong enough to blast the paint on your car, as for a person goes you will be vaporized instantly by the gamma rays the bomb release. People who survived the blast die in a matter of weeks, this claimed most of the deaths over a period of months. Nuclear bombs have the equivalent energy to 1 million tons of TNT, many of the people who survived received second degree burns due to their clothes burning onto their backs. Cancer soon was diagnosed on many of the survivors. In the first week after the explosion of the atomic bomb used in Nagasaki and Hiroshima most of deaths were related to burns, falling building, rays, wo...
In a modern nuclear bomb, commonly called a thermonuclear bomb or a H-bomb, fusion is the power behind the explosion and destruction. Fusion is the fusing of the nuclei of two atoms, which produces an extreme amount of energy(about 40 times that of a fission reaction). For fusion to occur, though, an extremely high temperature and pressure must first be reached, and this is achieved by fission(splitting of the nucleus of an atom).
In 1945, when the Americans bombed Hiroshima, Japan, approximately 140,000 men and women were instantly killed by the effects of American nuclear defense. With such extreme brutality and force how many people must die for one to finally realize the strengths of nuclear bombs and what damage they can cause. Nuclear weapons should be outlawed because they kill thousands of innocent humans at a time, destroy the environment, and inviolate human’s right to moral and personal freedoms.