The cutting edge of nuclear weapons

The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after the dropping of little boy
















The fat man mushroom cloud resulting from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki













The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks during the World War II against the empire of Japan by the United States of America under US president Harry S. Truman. On Aug 6 1945, the nuclear weapon “little boy” was dropped on the city of Hiroshima followed by the denotation of the “Fat man” nuclear bomb over Nagasaki on August 9 1945. It is estimated that as many as 140,000 had died in Hiroshima by the Bomb and its associated effects, such as radiation exposure. The estimated number of deaths in Nagasaki is roughly 74,000.

On Aug 15, 1945, Japan announced its surrender to the Allied powers, signing the instrument of Surrender on September 2 which officially ended World War II. The bombings did ended the war months sooner than would otherwise have been the case, saving many lives that would have been lost on both sides if the planned invasion of Japan had taken place. However, the bombings brought about a more critical controversy, the invention of Nuclear weapons. A nuclear weapon is significantly more powerful that the largest conventional explosives and a single weapon is capable of destroying an entire city.

From the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the destructive side of technology has become an inexorable fact. Technology has brought about great destruction with its modern advancements in Weaponry. With increasing developments in nuclear weapons and more weapons of mass destruction, the potential annihilation of the human race increase. There were claims that if such devastation was brought about over half a century ago, the destructive potential of today’s weapon is unimaginable. Such weapons of mass destruction have certainly squeezed the Earth into a size so small and vulnerable. We are living in constant fear from the cutting edge of Science and Technology which will only bring more harm than good. Technology shrinks and threatens the world with such massive capabilities.
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Technological Expert - Ernest Ting