jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotionswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square219fedilinkarrow-up1316arrow-down111cross-posted to: worldnewsnonusworldnewsnonus
arrow-up1305arrow-down1external-link'Oppenheimer' finally premieres in Japan to mixed reactions and high emotionswww.npr.orgjeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square219fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnewsnonusworldnewsnonus
minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·8 months agoAlso that the alternative was burning cities with the people still in them, and they’d seen that, which was have been more horrifying and slow than a nuclear conflagration.
minus-squareSadbutdru@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoThe main way the atomic bombs worked was by setting everything on fire. The radiation was secondary, and much less significant.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoDon’t forget the blast itself; The bomb dropped on Hiroshima first knocked much of the city over, and the fires started and spread later.
Also that the alternative was burning cities with the people still in them, and they’d seen that, which was have been more horrifying and slow than a nuclear conflagration.
The main way the atomic bombs worked was by setting everything on fire. The radiation was secondary, and much less significant.
Don’t forget the blast itself; The bomb dropped on Hiroshima first knocked much of the city over, and the fires started and spread later.