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minus-squarenorimee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up55·3 months agoJust 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
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·edit-23 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.
minus-squareSkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·3 months agoNot 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
Just some numbers to put into relation :
| Casualties |
Hiroshima:- 90,000–166,000 killed
Nagasaki:- 60,000–80,000 killed
Total killed (by end of 1945): 150,000–246,000
Source: Wikipedia - Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
And modern nukes are SIXTY TIMES more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
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