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Fallout Shelter’s. Hydrogen Bomb. Nuclear Arms Race!. Origins of the Atomic Bomb. ICBM!!!. Atomic Bomb’s. The United States was the first country to develop the A-Bomb. They used the bomb’s on Japan to end WW2.
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Fallout Shelter’s Hydrogen Bomb Nuclear Arms Race! Origins of the Atomic Bomb ICBM!!!
Atomic Bomb’s • The United States was the first country to develop the A-Bomb. • They used the bomb’s on Japan to end WW2. • However with advancement in technology and spies leaking through the Manhattan project Russia soon Developed a bomb of their own.
Joe 1 • It was built outside of Chelyabinsk in 1948. • They used 1,500 animals to test the effect’s it had on life. • Once the confirmation was true that the soviet Union had Atomic Weapons the race was now to see who could build the first hydrogen bomb
The Hydrogen Bomb • First tested thermonuclear bomb. • Nicknamed “Operation Ivy Mike” • First hydrogen bomb dropped. • Had 10.4 Megaton explosive power which is 500 times more destructive than the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. • Tested on Elugelab Island, Completely destroyed the island leaving an underwater crater 6,240 feet wide by 164 feet deep.
What if Freeport was nuked? This is the effect that Joe 4 would have on an area as big as Freeport. In comparison Ivy was a 10. 4 megaton bomb compared to the 400 Kiloton of Joe 4. Which is 1/24 of the power of Ivy Mike. So you can see the pure destruction that it would have on an area such as Freeport.
Fear Anticipates! • The American people become frightened to extreme measures and begin building fallout shelters. • With Soviet testing of high powered nukes fear becomes a reality for many so investment’s in fallout shelters seem like a good idea to most.
Fear Reached • A ad with a picture of a fallout shelter spreading fear in eyes of Americans everywhere showing that maybe they should invest in a fallout shelter before there is a Communist takeover. • Everyone knew if there was to be a war that the world could quickly come to an end at this point due to a nuclear holocaust.
Here Comes the Boom! • ICBM nuclear warheads completely changed expansion in the nuclear race. • America was now in full control of Nuclear expansion and became the primary Nuclear Power.
Lions, Tigers and Nukes OH MY! • Click here for a video on the 5 biggest nukes which changed warfare forever.
Works Citied • "Cold War - Arms race." Spiritus-Temporis.com - Historical Events, Latest News, News Archives. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/cold-war/arms-race.html>. • "The Nuclear Arms Race." History Learning Site. Web. 23 Feb. 2010. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nuclear_arms_race.htm>. • "Nuclear Arms Race." Spartacus Educational - Home Page. Web. 24 Feb. 2010. <http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDnucleararms.htm>. • Wikipedia. Web. 22 Feb. 2010. <http://www.wikipedia.org>.