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Day of the Bomb

Day of the Bomb. Three Things Necessary to Build an Atomic Bomb. Knowledge of how it works. Amount of Uranium 235 or Plutonium 239. Way to bring it together where you want it (delivery system). Defense. Conquest First Strike Problem is Second Strike. Defense. Intimidation M.A.D.

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Day of the Bomb

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  1. Day of the Bomb

  2. Three Things Necessary to Build an Atomic Bomb • Knowledge of how it works. • Amount of Uranium 235 or Plutonium 239. • Way to bring it together where you want it (delivery system).

  3. Defense • Conquest • First Strike • Problem is Second Strike

  4. Defense • Intimidation • M.A.D.

  5. Defense • Fortification • Missile Shield (Star Wars)

  6. Defense • Friendship • Detente

  7. Effects of 5 Megaton Device • = 5 million tons of TNT • Blast Wave- 12.5 miles per minute (overpressure), 80% structural damage within 15 mile radius, rest will burn. • Thermal Wave- 186,000 miles per second, fatal burns for up to 15-20 miles, firestorm over 500 square miles • ½ life of Plutonium 239 24,400 years, one speck less than grain of sand can cause lung and bone tumors • REM- Roentgen Equivalent Man= for every 100 REMS of TOTAL exposure 15% fatality in 30 days • Ground Zero- crater 200 feet deep and 1000 feet across • Flash- will blind anyone who sees it within 20 miles • EMP- no electronic device will operate within a 30 mile radius and pipes and wires will become electrified.

  8. 20 miles 12 Miles Zero

  9. Current company that sells bomb shelters

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