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Hibiki, Devang & Itsuki
What would happen if a bomb dropped on your city?
Little Boy (Hiroshima)
Fat Man (Nagasaki)
W-78
(currently in US arsenal)
Tsar Bomba (USSR)
(Largest bomb ever tested)
Our Mission
One bomb. One city. All it takes to destroy a city today is one bomb. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are so far in space and time it is hard to imagine what it was really like in 1945. But what if it were our home today? Having heard the tragedies of these bombings, we were intrigued to further explore the effects of a modern-day nuclear weapon on a modern-day city. We chose this topic because we wanted you to understand the immense risks of a nuclear war to prevent it before it is too late. We hope that our installation can truly help you see what today's bombs can do to our cities.
東京。パリ。マンハッタン。どんな大都市でも原子爆弾ひとつで壊滅してしまいます。75年前に広島と長崎に落とされた爆弾がどれほどの威力かは、私たちには想像がつきません。その原子爆弾の進歩は、今も続いています。第二次世界大戦で落とされた二つの爆弾のことを学び、私たちは現代の核兵器の威力、そして現代の都市へ及ぼす被害について興味を持ちました。このテーマを通して、皆さんに核戦争の計り知れないリスクを改めて認識してもらいたいです。
Ms. Koko Kondo's Words:
Japan is the only country that knows the devastation of the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they should be the ones leading the world in its mission to nuclear abolition.
Despite having suffered only two nuclear attacks, Japan is yet to sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty, and that makes me furious. Bigger atomic bombs just mean that more cities end up being destroyed in one attack. With bigger weapons comes bigger responsibilities to prevent a future nuclear war.
(Translated from Japanese)
Today's Bombs
Today's Bombs
It is often overlooked how nuclear weapons have developed over time since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Accordingly, the Prezi to the left displays information about what today's bombs can really do to modern-day cities like Paris & Tokyo. Click the slideshow to understand what the damage of these bombs will look like.
Visual Showcase
Visual Showcase
We made this 3D simulation using Blender, a computer program.
This simulation will help you grasp how today's nuclear bombs look, not only compared to Hiroshima and Nagasaki but to real-life 3D models of cities and familiar landmarks. Today's "average" nuclear bomb is 20 times bigger than what was seen in Hiroshima.
How would today's average bomb (America's W-78) impact today's cities?
References
References
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