Impact on War
It impacted the war because it destroyed Nagasaki, forced Japan to surrender 5 days after the plutonium bomb was dropped and detonated, and it caused world war 2 to end.
Impact on Technology
Technology before the Plutonium Bomb
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How the bomb helped societyThe bomb helped the USA because it was used to destroy Kokura, Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor and it was an advancement in weapons.
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Construction to be more powerful
The plutonium bomb was constructed to be more powerful than the uranium bomb because:
- Plutonium is more explosive
- They used implosion to cause the plutonium to detonate
- Conventional explosives would pressurize/ compress the plutonium
What if Nagasaki knew beforehand?
They couldn't because the technology wasn't good enough at the time. The most they could do is go in a bomb shelter or go underground so they would be protected from the radioactive fallout.