August 6th, 2005 @ 11:30 am
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Today marks the 60th “anniversary” of the Hiroshima bombings
between 80,000 and 120,000 people died instantly
with about twice that dying as a result of it later
8:15AM, Little Boy, a 13kiloton TNT equiv nuclear chain reaction was initiated 1,800ft above the ground
before the bombing
after the bombing, the city was flattened
from Wikipedia
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II marked a significant turning point of the war, leading to the unconditional surrender of Japan. But in succeeding years, the bombings have been highly controversial, with advocates using them as examples of American cruelty and ruthlessness as well as American practicality and humaneness.
I don’t know what else to say so I will leave it at that.
