• Sadbutdru@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    The main way the atomic bombs worked was by setting everything on fire. The radiation was secondary, and much less significant.

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      7 months ago

      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.