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On this date 74 years ago the us dropped the first of two atomic bombs on the japanese city of hiroshima killing more than 70000 people instantly.

Lethal weapon rotten tomatoes cold war update. The largest death toll from a single attack in any war is. The hiroshima bomb was made from highly enriched uranium 235. Little boy the first nuclear weapon used in war was.

The first two atomic bombs in 1945. Smoke rises around 20000 feet above hiroshima after the first atomic bomb was dropped on the city by the united states on august 6 1945. On august 6 1945 at 815 am the crew of the b 29 bomber enola gay dropped the first wartime atomic bomb over hiroshima japan a.

Before little boy was dropped on hiroshima more than 60 other japanese cities had already been destroyed by american fire bombing. Victims of these terrible weapons continued to die because of radiation and other lingering after effects. This atomic bomb ruin of what had been the hiroshima prefectural industrial promotional hall has been preserved to show the destructive power of the worlds first atom bomb to be dropped on a city.

Before and after aerial view of hiroshima japan. 64 kg of uranium 235 about 138 of the uranium fissioned nagasakis fat man gravity bomb 1923 7996. The comparable estimate for nagasaki is 80000 people.

Several factors suggest that nuclear power has a much larger role to play in supplying the worlds future energy needs and this is supported by every reputable projection. The two bombings killed between 129000 and 226000 people most of whom were civilians and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in armed conflict. An estimated 130000 people perished from the hiroshima bombing approximately half during the explosion most of the rest soon thereafter.

Total weight of nuclear material and bomb was 988 1002 kg hiroshimas little boy gravity bomb. 1318 5475 gun type uranium 235 fission bomb the first of the two nuclear weapons that have been used in warfare. On august 6 1945 a mushroom cloud billows into the sky about one hour after an atomic bomb was dropped by american b 29 bomber the enola gay detonating above hiroshima japan.