Korean War Gazette

Nuclear Arms RaceFinal Edition January 14, 1951 Volume 5, Number 1

The A-Bomb

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Work Cited

The Atomic Bomb•The United States conducted two atomic bombings against Japan in the cities of

Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

•90,000-166,000 killed in Hiroshima within the first 2-4 months.

•60,000-80,000 killed in Nagasaki within the first 2-4 months.

•Operation Cross Roads- a test to determine the kind of effects an atomic

bomb would have on ships.

•Sank five of them outright and did heavy damage to nine others.

To the left is the B-29 used in Operation Cross Roads

Hiroshima•The B-29 Superfortress bomber was called

the Enola Gay

•This was the first Atomic bomb ever

dropped

•It was code named Little Boy

By clicking on the picture below you can see a video of the explosion that caused Hiroshima to look this way.

By clicking the picture above you can access more information on the Enola Gay.

Nagasaki

• Was dropped in the morning of August 9, 1945

• The B-29 Superfortress, Bockscar was code-named “fat man”

• It was flown by the crew of 393rd Squadron commander Major Charles W. Sweeney

• Kokura was the primary target and Nagasaki the secondary target.

• There were also two B-29s flying an hour ahead as weather scouts and two

additional B-29s in Sweeney's flight for instrumentation and photographic support of

the mission.

To the right is a picture of “fat man”, by clicking on this picture you can access more information on this B-29

M.A.D.•Stands for Mutually Assured Destruction

•Says that each side has enough nuclear

power to destroy the other side.

•Also if ever attacked the opposing side

would be able to put out as much force if

not more than needed to match the

attacking side.

•This MAD scenario is often referred to as

nuclear deterrence.

By clicking on the picture above you will access a page with more information on the cold war in which M.A.D. was discovered.

Détente• Détente is the easing of strained

relations, especially in a political

situation.

• The NATO powers and the

Warsaw Pact both had pressing

reasons to seek relaxation in tensions.

• Building blocks of Détente

-Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

-Outer Space Treaty

Below is a political cartoon explaining just what Détente means, that countries agreed not to bomb other countries. Also by clicking the picture you can watch a video of exactly what Détente was trying to prevent.

The Hydrogen BombBy clicking on the picture to the right you will have the ability to access a web page describing what it took to make the H-bomb and other details about this phenomenon.

• With the Soviets successfully testing their own nuclear weapons, the race was

officially on.

• A physicist at Los Alamos, Edward Teller, suggested a thermonuclear fusion bomb,

or hydrogen bomb.

• On Nov. 1, 1952, the U.S. detonated the world's first hydrogen bomb, code-named

"Mike"

Works Cited• http://science.howstuffworks.com/nuclear-arms-race2.htm

• http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/crossroads.htm

• http://www.aeragon.com/o/me/me09.html

• http://www.enolagay509th.com/

• http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/cold_war.htm

• http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/index.htm

• http://www.warsaw-life.com/poland/warsaw-pact

• http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/oosa/SpaceLaw/outerspt.html

• http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/npt/

• http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2009/March%202009/0309H-

Bomb.aspx