The first atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, leveled approximately 4.7 square miles of the city.
The first atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, leveled an area of about 4.7 square miles.
The yield of the Trinity Atomic Bomb Test was approximately 20 kilotons of TNT. It was the first detonation of a nuclear weapon and took place on July 16, 1945, in New Mexico, USA.
Edward H. Wright was the first African American appointed to the US Atomic Energy Commission. He was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1955.
J. Robert Oppenheimer was the first American physicist in charge of the development of the first atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project in World War II.
The first two atomic bombs were set of in the atmosphere, they did not make a hole. Later during the cold war, regulations prevented atmospheric/surface testing and the bombs were set off in deep holes that were pre-drilled in the ground. These holes were as deep as the engineers made them.
4.7 square miles of Hiroshima were destroyed.
the first atomic bomb leveled nothing. That was exploded at the Trinity test site. The first bomb used in war was at Hiroshima Japan, and pretty much destroyed everything in a 3 mile radius. That is just over 7 square miles.
The first atomic bomb, dropped on Hiroshima in 1945, leveled an area of about 4.7 square miles.
Hiroshima, august 6, 1945
The bomb dropped on Hiroshima totally destroyed everything in a 1.6 km radius, a total of 12 km2 was destroyed. 80 000 people were killed by the blast and resulting firestorm, with another 80 000 dieing later from after effects.
There have only been two. So far. The first was Hiroshima.
Nagasaki (Japan), 9 August 1945
US estimates suggest that 4.7 square miles of Hiroshima were destroyed.
It destroyed approx 4.7 square miles of Hiroshima.
The first test was July 16, 1945 in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The Atomic bomb was also used to end Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 & to obliterate Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
Yes, hydrogen is the lightest element on the periodic table. It is the first element, with an atomic number of 1 and an atomic mass of approximately 1.008 atomic mass units.
Nagasaki (Japan): 9 August 1945.