Unit 4A View of Mountains
Atomic Bomb Detonation at HiroshimaAs many know, the atomic bomb has been used only twice in warfare. The first was at Hiroshima. A uranium bomb nicknamed "Little Boy" (despite weighing in at over four and a half tons) was dropped on Hiroshima August 6, 1945. In an instant, 66,000 people were killed and 69,000 injured by a 10-kiloton atomic explosion. The area of total vaporization from the atomic bomb blast measured one half mile in diameter; total destruction one mil ...