of mass destruction. Historical records point towards the fact that had been conducting research on biological weapons prior to World War I and chemical weapons were widely used during World War I. However, after the US dropped nuclear bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II, they came to be known as weapons of mass destruction. As of now, there are eight states which have declared and successfully tested weapons of mass destruction as in nuclear weapons. These include, India, Pakistan
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Michael Duffin History Persuasive Essay October 29, 2009 Atom Bomb Justified? War, death, and fire are the only smells around you. Hundreds of your allies are lying in a dead rotting heap. Enemies are blowing their selves up right in front of you, throwing their guts and scorched body parts all over. War isn’t a welcome sight in the eyes of people, but some had to live in it and survive. When the United States was at war with Japan, soldiers saw many things like what was described. Some
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The main arguments, reasons, and evidence that support the perspective of Historian A is that she believed the atomic bomb designed by the United States was dropped on the Japanese with malicious intent. Historian A believes the Japanese wanted to surrender and the United States knew of their wish to surrender and chose to ignore it. The atomic bomb was essentially used as chess piece to bully Russia to do as the United States wished according to Historian A. The Japanese wished to surrender with
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Albert Einstein once said about the invention of the Atomic Bomb that it was as much a matter of scientific knowledge and astuteness, as it was a call of circumstances and time. The millennial brightness of Albert Einstein, the pressing imminence of war and the determination to succeed of the American government and scientists, are part of the ecology of innovation that surrounded the emergence of nuclear technology, and eventually led to the creation of the atomic bomb and its destructive power
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Manhattan Project The research for the first Atomic bomb was done in the United States, by a group of the best scientists; this research was given the name of "The Manhattan Project". On Monday July 16th, 1945, a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place near Los Alamos, New Mexico. This atomic bomb testing would forever change the meaning of war. As the atomic bomb was detonated it sent shock-waves all over the world. There was endless research done on the bomb
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Annie was a very good read, what I was able to get from Annie was a different perspective on a situation. I have never been fortunate to travel travel Europe and this nice little short story gave me insight to a world which I have never experienced. This beautiful world is also the location of where a mass genocide occurred. The location which housed a beautiful little girl whom bear witness to such horrific acts—something no girl should bear witness to. Although the setting was of a beautiful location
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Informative Speech Outline Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the life and discoveries of Albert Einstein. Central Idea: Einstein still remains as the most famous scientist of all time and his discoveries are still changing the way we look at the universe. Introduction: E=mc2(squared) is the most famous formula that is known by almost everyone. This famous formula, of course, belongs to the most famous scientist Albert Einstein. I am pretty sure many of you, if not all, has heard of
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category was being possible cases which the information used was collected from death certificates. The second category was probable cases in which the diagnosis was determined from hospital studies.( Heyssel 314) Survivors who were living in Hiroshima and who were exposed at less than 1000 m. received a very large amount of radiation. Conversely, those who were 2000 m. or further away received a much smaller amount of radiation.(Heyssell 315) Another little know effect is that males who were
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The history of war is marked by ever increasingly powerful and odious weapons, but of all the weapons of war both ancient and modern none is more dastardly than chemical warfare. The very use of chemical warfare has been outlawed since WW1 and will get you charged with war crimes if you are found using it. Chemical warfare, is tactical warfare using incendiary mixtures, smokes, or irritant, burning, poisonous, or asphyxiating gases. This is the definition as listed in the Merriam Webster dictionary
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The three main categories of Electromagnetic Security are as follows: 1. Emissions from nuclear explosions 2. Strong EMR attacks on facility 3. Information leaks via EMR. Emissions from Nuclear Explosions A nuclear explosion is an explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction [1]. When nuclear explosion occurs, the electromagnetic radiations are transmitted to a very large scale radius around the explosion area. These radiations are harmful in
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