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World War II was a very desperate struggle, and it was considered to be necessary to build the most powerful weapons possible, in order to ensure victory. There was also no way of knowing if the enemy was also working on an atomic bomb (or other terrible weapons), so it was better to be the first one to build it and to be able to win before the enemy came up with their own secret weapon.
There was more to it than this. Fission was discovered in Germany in Dec. 1938 and the Nazis had the first government program to develop a bomb. Although many of their top physicists had been forced out, they still had plenty left including Nobel prize winner Warner Heisenberg, who headed the nuclear program. The U.S. had good reason to fear that Hitler would have the bomb before anyone else. They were far ahead in jet aircraft and rockets, yet never came close to exploding an atomic bomb.
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Where did they build the atomic bombs?
Los Alamos (New Mexico)
What bombs were made because of atomic bombs?
More & higher yield atomic bombs, I guess.
Is uranium in atomic bombs?
Yes, uranium can be used in atomic bombs.
In what war were the atomic bombs dropped?
Atomic bombs were dropped in WWII
Why do they still build atomic bombs?
so if some other country nukes us we can nuke them and us having the biggest bombs is intimadating to other countries with nukes
What are injustices of the US dropping the atomic bombs?
Total war means atomic bombs.
Where were atomic bombs droped?
During WWII the atomic bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Did japan believe the us had the atomic bombs?
No. The US gave them cryptic messages about the bombs and never told them they had atomic bombs.
Do atomic bombs work with atomic fission?
no
What is used in atomic bombs?
Uranium which is a fuel is used in atomic bombs and in nuclear power stations.
How did the atomic bombs used on Japan get from America to Japan?
The atomic bombs were delivered by the USS Indianoppolis
Which kind of scientists create atomic bombs?
Physicists and nuclear scientists create atomic bombs.
