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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•9 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoThe main way the atomic bombs worked was by setting everything on fire. The radiation was secondary, and much less significant.
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 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.