this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2024
957 points (97.5% liked)

WTF

799 readers
1 users here now

The average c/WTF enjoyer

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
957
That's great. That's great. (lemmy.wtf)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
116 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

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