Nuclear weapon today is a terrible thing; despite the fact that now they it is used only as a political “intimidation”. But get it “in the wrong hands”, and it can happen irreparable. But most of us know almost nothing about this means of mass destruction. Here are 10 facts you should know about nuclear weapons.
10. Nuclear weapons were used only twice in the history of mankind, and both times by the United States against Japan. On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped the atomic bomb “Little Boy” (equivalent to 13 to 18 kilotons of TNT) on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. August 9, 1945 the atomic bomb “Fat Man” (“Fat Man”) equivalent to 21 kilotons of TNT was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. As a result of attacks, about 200 thousand people died.
