Atomic Bomb.

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Atomic Bomb a Political Weapon

The atomic bomb was first created in the early twentieth century. Physicists in the

United States and Europe had discovered that the fission of uranium could be used to

create a deadly explosive weapon. The amount of energy that was released by this

explosion alone was equivalent to twenty thousand tons of TNT. This type of bomb was

first tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945. Only the United States of

America, Russia, Great Britain, France, and China openly admit to possessing these

nuclear weapons. Many other nations, however, are thought to have the capability to

assemble these items. The only times that nuclear weapons were used in a conflict

between nations was near the end of World War II, in an attempt to get Japan to surrender

to the United States. The first atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of

Hiroshima. The bomb that was dropped on this city killed thousands of people.

Nuclear bombs today pose a threat to those who do not have it and also those who

do have it. If the government were to sell nuclear war today, they would be unsuccessful

because people are more educated about radiation, cost of building a nuclear bomb

enrages taxpayers and environmental damage is severe.

During WW2, when the atomic bomb was created no one knew the tremendous impacts that it would have on a country. Today, our society has better knowledge and

understanding of nuclear war through education. When used properly, the atomic bomb destroys anything in its proximity, then the radiation that is released and expose to humans

and creatures are very deadly. When it is expose in human body in kills blood cells and eventually causes cancer.

The government of the US spends a very...