• norimee@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Just some numbers to put into relation :

    | Casualties |

    Hiroshima:- 90,000–166,000 killed

    • 80,000–156,000 civilians
    • 10,000 soldiers
    • 12 Allied prisoners of war

    Nagasaki:- 60,000–80,000 killed

    • 60,000–80,000 civilians
    • 150 soldiers
    • 8–13 Allied prisoners of war

    Total killed (by end of 1945): 150,000–246,000

    Source: Wikipedia - Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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      3 months ago

      Hiroshima:- 90,000–166,000 killed
      80,000–156,000 civilians

      And modern nukes are SIXTY TIMES more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

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        Not just that, but far more of them. And also missiles that consist of dozen of smaller warheads inside

        And these missiles can travel to literally any place on earth, no matter where they started, as they follow a sub-orbital trajectory into space