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This is a 5 page paper which discussed the improvements and changes in weapons since the invention of the atomic bomb.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_JHImpr.rtf
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ability and impact have increased. The newest concept in weaponry is the use of the advancement of technology, specifically computers to make the weapons smarter. BACKGROUND The
first nuclear weapon ever exploded was known as the "Trinity" (Nuclear weapons...) The development of nuclear weapons began during the course of World War II as a presidential order from
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1939 (Nuclear weapon...). The development of nuclear weapons was promoted by a fear that Nazi Germany was in the throes of trying to develop such a
weapon and the United States felt threatened. The research and development began under the direction of the National Bureau of Standards. However, the program was moving slowly, so under
pressure from British scientist and several administrators in the American government, the program was moved into the Office for Scientific Research and Development (Nuclear weapons...). In 1942, the research and
development of nuclear weapons was once again moved and this time it was placed under the department of the U.S. Army where its name became the Manhattan Project (Nuclear weapons...).
The Manhattan Project was successful in their endeavors to develop and construct what would become the first known weapon of mass destruction. On August 6, 1945, then President Harry
S. Truman ordered that a uranium-gun designed bomb nicknamed Little Boy be used against the city of Hiroshima, Japan. That attack was followed on August 9, 1945 by a
plutonium-implosion designed bomb nicknamed Fat Man which was used against the city of Nagasaki, Japan. These were the first instances of the use of a weapon of mass destruction
and the combined destructive power of the two bombs killed approximately 100,000 Japanese citizens upon impact (Nuclear weapons...). Thousands more would die over the subsequent years as a result
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