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It could, but the primary reason it was developed was to generate a lot of energy to kill as many people as possible.

• TeMPOraL 8y ago
  Then be very careful to not extend the negativity over the entire field of nuclear physics. Atomic bomb is a very specific weapons technology. Mastery of fission and physics at atomic scale does great good already - from energy to medicine - and holds potential for even more.
  • craftyguy 8y ago
    > Then be very careful to not extend the negativity over the entire field of nuclear physics I never did, perhaps you are replying to the wrong person? I was just pointing out that creating the atomic bomb was a very negative thing. Even though other many other fields in nuclear physics came about because of the bomb's development, there's nothing that says they couldn't have come about without developing an atomic bomb in the first place.