What if we drop a hydrogen bomb on north korea?
Perhaps you have asked yourself this question after Donald trump said he would ‘totally
destroy north korea if necessary to defend the united states or its allies.
So what would happen if the United States dropped a hydrogen bomb on north korea?
Would it be good, wood it be bad?
That’s what we’re going to talk about, right now on lifes biggest questions.
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To understand what might happen if we dropped an atomic bomb on North Korea, we must look
at the last time the united states dropped a similar bomb on an enemy country.
When America dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it killed every person within
a mile radius.
The death toll was 200 thousand.
But experts say those atomic bombs were little guys compared to a hydrogen bomb.
Hydrogen bombs are a lot more adcanced and a lot more powerful.
The hydrogen bomb has a potential of being 1000 times more powerful than the atomic bomb.
They cause bigger explosions, which in turn causes more heat, radiation, and shockwaves.
The reach is much larger with a hydrogen bomb, anywhere between 5 to 10 miles.
Both bombs have the capability to kill people in seconds.
In the aftermath of the atomic bomb, people’s internal organs ruptured, buildings were crushed.
Experts say that a hydrogen bomb could kill significantly more people than the atomic
bomb, as well as wipe out entire cities.
If the US drop the hydrogen bomb on North Koreas capital, Pyongyang for instance, it
would be completely wiped off the map.
2.5 million people live in Pyongyang, it would be assumed that most if not all of those people
would be killed instantly.
Those 2.5 million people are for the most part, innocent civilians that are victims
of a tyrannical government.
Just because they have a crazy person for a leader, that doesn’t mean the deserve
to die.
Furthermore, everyone that lives in the region would be affected.
One has to remember that South Korea shares a border with north korea.
South korea is our ally.
China is also very close to north korea, there is only 100 miles of distance between the
largest chinese city along the north Korean border and Pyongyang.
Japan is also our ally, and they are only around 400 miles from north korea, and they
would feel the effects of the fallout as well.
If the US drops a hydrogen bomb on north korea, they are effectively putting everyone in the
surrounding area at risk too.
Apart from the extensive loss of life, a dropping hydrogen bomb on North Korea would have serious
consequences for the environment.
The explosion will send radioactive particles into the air, soil and water.
Wind will carry the particles hundreds of miles away from the explosion.
Seeing as North Korea is very close to the pacific ocean, this could cause serious problems
for marine life as well.
The smoke could block out sunlight, making it impossible for plants to use photosynthesis
to survive.
The radioactive particles could devastate plants, animals as well as humans.
Radioactive particles damage cells by causing changes in genes, causing mutations in future
generations.
The effects of radiation will have lasting effects as well.
When the United States tested a series of atomic bombs by Bikini Atoll in the marshall
islands.
Residents that lived anywhere near the site had to move, as there were high levels of
radiation in the crops and water.
nearly 60 years later, the island is still uninhabitable.
The difference between dropping the atomic bomb that was dropped on japan at the end
of world war 2, and the possibility of dropping the hydrogen bomb on north korea, is that
japan attacked the united states first at pearl harbour.
At the time this video was filmed, north korea has not attacked the united states yet.
Attacking a country who has not attacked first would effectively make the united states a
war criminal.
The atomic bomb was used to effectively end world war two, and perhaps deter anyone from
ever dropping a bomb like it again, let alone a hydrogen bomb that is 1000 times more powerful.
If the united states dropped an atomic bomb on north korea, it would change how the rest
of the world feels about them.
Washington’s influence in Europe and the rest of the world would fade significantly,
as all the allies attempt to distance themselves from the nation who violated its own fundamental
values of human rights.
To this day, a hygrogen bomb has never been used in battle by any country, and lets hope
it does not start with north korea.
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