It dropped them on Japan.
On cities filled with civilians.
And the result was fire, collapse, and death.
On August 9, 1945, the U.S. released a plutonium bomb over Nagasaki.
It was not a battlefield. It was not a military target in any meaningful sense.
It was a living city. Families eating breakfast. Children walking. Workers starting their day.
A flash.
A roar.
Then a void where the center of the city had been.
Tens of thousands died instantly.
Many more died from burns and radiation.
Entire neighborhoods vanished.
Entire bloodlines ended in seconds.
The bomb was dropped on Japan.
It killed civilians.
It was a war crime.