Nuclear Bombs

Nuclear Bombs Atomic, Hydrogen, and Neutron

Atomic Bomb Manhattan Project (1939 to 1945)Robert Oppenheimer Response to Nazi GermanyAtomic bomb tested on July 16th , 1945Los Alamos The Gadget Uranium-235 and process of fission Dropped on Japan Little BoyFate Man

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Japan Attacks: HiroshimaHiroshima bomb called Little BoyAugust 6th , 1945 Aircraft called Enola Gay 16 kilotons of TNT 70,000 to 80,000 people died initially Japanese 2nd General Army causalities 12 American deaths Gun-type fission weapon made with Uranium-235

Japan Attacks: Nagasaki Bombs named was Fat Man(August 10th, 1945)Exploded between the Mitsubishi Steel and Arms Works and Mitsubishi and the Urakami Ordnance Works Killed between 40,000 and 75,000 people initially 21 kiloton yield and generated heat equivalent to 3,900 degrees Celsius

Robert Oppenheimer I have become death...the destroyer of worlds.Impact on Japan Japan surrendered 6 days after the bombing of Nagasaki September 2nd, 1945 Officially ending World War IIJapan adopted Three Non-Nuclear Principles 90,000 to 160,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000 to 80,000 people in Nagasaki died the deaths resulted on the first day60% from fire flashes

Hydrogen Bomb Created by Edward TellerBomb was created in 1952Heat of atomic bomb would ignite the hydrogen A canister would divide the atomic bomb and hydrogen fuel Experimental bomb MikeBikini atoll November 1st, 1952 Vaporized the island of Elugelab 700 times the power of the atomic bomb dropped at Hiroshima Radioactive mud and acid rain fellArea of 27 miles high and 8 miles wide

Neutron Bomb Created by Edward TellerDesigned by Samuel Cohen Tested on 1963 at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory Test underground, 70 miles away from Las Vegas Added to the United States arsenal Fusion process and x-ray mirrors and an inert shelling caseBombs are significantly smaller, but still offer a similar kilotons of energy

Soviet Union August 29th, 1949- Joe One; copycat of Fat ManSoviet Spies (Harry Gold and Klaus Fuchs)Captured intelligence from Manhattan Project True hydrogen bomb test on November 22nd , 1955 with a 1.6 megaton blast October 23rd , 1961 another bomb with a yield of 58 megatons October 4th, 1957 The Soviet Union launched Sputnik into Earths orbitAmerica responded on October 31st, 1959 with their own missile launch

Potsdam Conference July 24th , 1945 An agreement between GB and US waited to inform Stalin about the Manhattan ProjectFeared Stalin would risk information to German Spies However, Stalin had a ring of spies (Theodore Hall and Klaus Fuchs)Spies provided information for hydrogen bomb and implosion bomb Stalin wasnt mad as expected, at the conference

10BRAVO Test March 1st, 1954 (another hydrogen bomb at the Bikini Atoll Explosion underestimated 14.8 megatons rather than 5 megatons Largest test done by the United States Blast reached 300 miles away Affected U.S soldiers and unfortunate residents Japanese fishermen

Duck and Cover Produced in 1951 by the United States federal governments Civil Defense

Overall Outcome Nuclear Arms race (1941-1991)United States and Soviet Union realized they had enough nuclear weapons to destroy each otherMutual Assured DestructionThe Soviet Union and the United States realized that they would severally damage each otherThis realization prevent the use of nuclear weaponsUnited States resisted use of nuclear weapons during Korean WarPresident Eisenhower opposed use of nukes Non-Proliferation Treaty (todays goals)

Name: Jacob PasleyDate: 4/24/13Period: #6