10.+The+First+Nuclear+Bomb

==The first atomic bombs were dropped by the United States, the first on August 6 in 1945 in the centre of Hiroshima of Japan. The explosion killed more than 100,000 people and hundreds more were still injured. A second bomb exploded three days later over Nagasaki killing an additional 70, 000 people. == ==The atomic bomb impacted hugely on the surrounding countries as not only did it kill and injure thousands of people but caused long lasting effects on them because of the nuclear radiation and chemicals which flowed through their water supplies. This is huge because it also effected the future generation as people have had babies which may have been deformed or had miscarriages. Especially for months after the bombs, survivors had developed symptoms which were called ‘Radiation sickness’ or ‘Acute Radiation syndrome’ which were abnormalities in blood cells, high temperatures, chronic fatigue, depression, loss of hair, diarrhoea and vomiting. According to the Radiation Effects Research Foundation the impact of the radiation waves caused an increase of cancer among survivors. == ==According to atomic bomb historian Richard Rhodes “These weapons are so small and so portable and so vastly destructive for their weight and size that there is no effective defence against them except abolition.”1 This quote demonstrates that something so small is destructing our world so easily and there isn’t much we can do about it, because of this there is a threat just like the one used in the cold war that it could potentially happen again in the future == ==Other immediate effects after the bombs were dropped were that it put an end to the cold war, as it was the first and last time an atomic bomb or weapon was used in the war. The explosions also caused the death of many plants and animals because radioactive debris was spread into air particles during the explosion. This has decreased cultivation in the area because there still could be traces of radiation. == ==There have been many different views and thoughts from society because of the way that the bombs have shaped our knowledge on nuclear energy. People are scared after knowing what happened to Hiroshima and Nagasaki as it had such devastating effects on the area. This should be persuasive enough for people in the future to now used nuclear weapons again after learning about the devastating effects it may have on the people and its land. == ==The first nuclear bombs dropped by the US had impacted the world greatly as it affected millions of people lives including the US, it also had devastating long lasting and widespread effects of those who had been hit by the bomb. ==
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