Essays Tagged: "detonated"

An essay on Oppenheimer's morals VS. the government on building the bomb for the government

Mexico, a plutonium bomb was assembled and brought to the top of a tower. On July 16, the bomb was detonated, producing an intense flash of light seen by observers in bunkers up to 10 miles away and ...

(2 pages) 57 1 3.7 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

The Development of the Atomic Bomb and its Impact on WWII

m was split, by August 6, 1945 the world had entered the nuclear age when the first atomic bomb was detonated in war over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The United States path to the development of t ... te where they planned to detonate the first atomic bomb. On July 16, 1945 the first atomic bomb was detonated at the Trinity test site in the New Mexico desert. Oppenheimer, upon seeing the blast wrot ...

(6 pages) 237 0 5.0 May/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Guilty or innocent? The story of Ethyl and Julius Rosenberg all about j & e Rosenberg

invaded South Korea, and the USSR had recently discovered the secret to atomic weapons. When Russia detonated its first atom bomb, Americans were infuriated. They wanted to know how their Communist en ...

(3 pages) 48 0 3.0 Jun/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Discussing the reasons on Nuclear testing in the pacific region by Britain, and France.

tted the British to develop a nuclear weapons program in Australia. In 1952, the British government detonated "Hurricane", a twenty-five kilo tonne nuclear weapon above the ocean. The British nuclear ...

(6 pages) 39 0 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Orwell, George. "1984".

ons to government and to warn of future Communism, was created in the same year as the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb. The presentation of the horrors that may derive from giving power t ...

(2 pages) 52 0 5.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The atomic bomb.

iroshima, pp8On August 6, 1945, the world changed forever. On that day the United States of America detonated an atomic bomb over the city of Hiroshima. Never before had mankind seen anything like. He ...

(18 pages) 189 1 3.7 Jul/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

What if the Sun Exploded?

er of death approaching slowly with every massacre. No one could escape the skyward eruption of the detonated volcano; life on planet earth would come to an end. Planet Earth would be burnt to a crisp ...

(3 pages) 72 3 3.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Space

Terrorists Acts by Domestic Extremists.

one. This was brought to light on April 19, 1995, when Timothy McVeigh and accomplice Terry Nichols detonated a massive truck bomb that destroyed the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. It was t ...

(4 pages) 105 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Atomic Energy and The Development of Drugs

le Boy" killed about 80,000 civilians and heavily damaged the city, and was the second device to be detonated, but the first ever used in military action. The American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and ...

(13 pages) 25 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

Cuban missile crisis

any close calls in the late 40's. The USA however had one advantage, The Atomic bomb.In 1954 Russia detonated its first nuclear bomb and now could rival the USA's bargaining tool. The world now had tw ...

(5 pages) 65 3 3.2 Aug/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

A Cruel World

a cruel place, all the peace and friendship can end in just the blink of an eye if an atom bomb is detonated somewhere. The atomic bomb can wipe out an entire city in a matter of seconds. Imagine clo ...

(7 pages) 2590 0 0.0 May/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The Holy Land - Israel Vs. Palestine

at least 10 and injuring close to 150 others. About 20 minutes later, a car bomb set by the bombers detonated a block away, injuring another dozen. The civil war in Israel has raged on for hundreds of ...

(6 pages) 43 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History