In 1939 scientists succeeded in splitting the atoms of uranium by bombarding them with neutrons. They found that the split atoms released neutrons and energy. Physicists found that the fission of these atoms could produce a chain reaction.

In the summer of 1939 Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Roosevelt explaining the potential for atom-splitting devices in warfare as well as the possibility of other countries possessing this information.

In the summer of 1940 Einstein moved to Manhattan, New York to begin research on an atomic bomb. The “Manhattan Project” as the atomic bomb project was called, tested their first prototype in the desert of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 6, 1945. Due to the success of these tests the U.S. military requested these bombs for use in World War 2. The first military application of the atomic bomb followed shortly after the tests. On August 6, 1945 the U.S. dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima.

Although I enjoyed learning about the atomic bomb and its significance to history and military technology, I hope to never see anything like it again. I did not realize the mass destruction and chaos a single bomb can create. With the technological advances we have made over the past 50 years this type of bomb is merely a toy compared to the nuclear weaponry we have at our disposal today. I was always curious how a single bomb could end a world war between two major countries. Now I know how.

As far as the future goes, I hope this technology is never used for war of any kind. I think that with the power of atomic bombs as well as a more advanced type of bomb that I’m sure is out there the world would suffer a catastrophic apocalypse that could very well make our world a nuclear wasteland unable to support healthy human life. I think the future for the atomic bomb is becoming obsolete due to the amazing power and destruction it creates. I hope governments have discontinued research of this weapon and moved on to a more environmentally safe means of military defense. If the countries that signed the treaties banning nuclear weapons uphold their honor I believe we will not have a proble

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