The Most Fearsome Sight: The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
WEBAt 2:45 a.m. on Monday August 6, 1945, three American B-29 bombers of the 509th Composite Group took off from an airfield on the Pacific island of Tinian, 1,500 miles south of Japan. Colonel Paul Tibbets piloted the lead bomber, “Enola Gay,” which carried a nuclear bomb nicknamed “Little Boy.”
What would happen if a nuclear bomb went off in your backyard?
WEBExperience the power of a low-yield nuclear weapon in your area.
Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies: How did they explode and …
WEB2 days ago · What we know about the Hezbollah walkie-talkie explosions. At least 26 people including two children were killed and thousands more injured, many seriously, after communication devices, some used ...
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia
WEBOn 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively. The bombings killed between 150,000 and 246,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.
Centennial Olympic Park bombing - Wikipedia
WEBThe Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack on Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on Saturday, July 27, 1996, during the Summer Olympics. The blast directly killed one person and injured 111 others; another person later died of a heart attack.
What happens when a nuclear bomb explodes? - Live Science
WEBAug 1, 2023 · The resulting fission explosion is devastating: It was fission bombs, sometimes known as atomic bombs or A-bombs, that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, with the force of between 15...
Surprise nuclear strike? Here's how we'll figure out who did it
WEBMar 11, 2016 · The most likely nuclear terrorism scenario, experts say, is a bomb set off on a city street. Past experience offers only a sketchy picture of the resulting devastation. The atomic bombs the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 detonated about 500 meters above those cities.
The Summer Olympics Bombing in Atlanta: 20th Anniversary - TIME
WEBJul 27, 2016 · According to FBI agent David (“Woody”) Johnson, “a white male with an indistinguishable” American accent warned that a bomb would go off at the park within 30 minutes.
Istanbul Attack Blast in Central Istanbul Kills at Least 6 and …
WEBNov 13, 2022 · ISTANBUL — A bomb attack struck a bustling pedestrian thoroughfare in central Istanbul on Sunday, killing at least six people, in what officials said could be a terrorist attack, and shattering a...
Bombing at Centennial Olympic Park | July 27, 1996 | HISTORY
WEBFeb 9, 2010 · In Atlanta, Georgia, the XXVI Summer Olympiad is disrupted by the explosion of a nail-laden pipe bomb in Centennial Olympic Park.