On the morning of August 6, 1945, a B-29 bomber named Enola Gay flew over the industrial city of Hiroshima, Japan and dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in war. The city went up in flames caused by the immense power equal to about 20,000 tons of TNT. The project was a success. Hundreds of thousands died and still more were wounded. This was the final triumph that finally brought Japan to surrender. The effects of the bomb are still being seen but there is no doubt that the atomic bomb project was the greatest scientific feat of the...
through the development and use of the atomic bomb. The cold wars, nuclear restrictions, nuclear energy, are all results of the first nuclear breakthrough. As well as a whole new line of plastics and more efficient gun mechanisms. However, the controversial issues will still rage on. Nuclear testing, nuclear power, and nuclear waste are still being debated for over 50 years, and the United States, the only country to actually use the bomb, is the leader. Perhaps Cicero had it right when he said, "No beast is more savage than man, when possessed with power answerable to his rage.