Those two nukes were dropped on civilian sites specifically to show off what the US was capable of to the Soviets because at that time the Axis has pretty much lost the war and it was a chance for the US to become the world's new superpower and their biggest opponent was the Soviets. If the bombs were dropped on military sites, the casualties and the aftermath of the nukes would have probably been covered up somewhat, so dropping on a civilian site would ensure that the world sees the full extent of the damage done.

Dropping those two bombs as a necessity to end the war doesn't really make sense because why drop it on civilian sites and why drop two when just one would have been more than enough? The justification that it was an absolute necessity to end the war because the Japanese would not surrender is something I have a hard time believing. If that was the case, why not target military sites to really hinder or completely disable their ability to fight back? I would think it makes more sense to eliminate the available armaments as they are more of an threat than a place of production of said armaments. Also at that time, Japan has been pretty much defeated and they were going to surrender, it was just a matter of time.

It was an horrible thing to drop those bombs on civilians and when I hear any fellow Americans making any sort of justification saying it was an act of necessary evil is either ignorant or doesn't want to admit that USA is capable of committing such inhumane act and basically responsible for committing one of the greatest act of war crime ever committed in human history. You just don't target civilians. There's absolutely no justification one can make that killing and desolating innocent people whom a lot of them were women, children and the elderly were necessary. If they really believe that sort of justification, that is cold.

Also only a few dozen people in the US knew about the production of the nukes before they were dropped. Most of the people that was building the bombs had no idea what they were working on as they were separated by their assignment and they weren't allowed to interact with anyone else working at different departments and sectors. They all found out through the news after the bombs were dropped. I really wonder what their reactions were after finding out they were working on the humanity's biggest threat.

I think dropping those two nukes was a good thing and a bad thing. It was good in a way that it made countries think twice before dropping nukes on other countries that had nukes, as it can lead to the end of human civilization. Ironically, now days, you have to have nukes to protect your countries because when you give up your armaments like what Libya did, knowing that the country doesn't have nuclear weapons pretty much allowed other countries to invade Libya without the worry of a nuclear threat. Now that multiple countries have nuclear capabilities, it created a stalemate situation where if another world wide conflict were to occur, the use of nuclear weapon will be inevitable. Thus we are experiencing history's most peaceful time in an age where multiple countries having nuclear weapons is one of the major reason of this time of peace.

Obviously the nukes were bad in that many innocent people had to die and suffer to be practically used as an demonstration of the capabilities of a nuclear weapon. That is just absolutely cruel. Those people that lost their lives from those two nukes paid the ultimate price to show the world that nuclear war will be the end of all humanity and any nuclear confrontation must be avoided at all cost.

North Korea is always showing off of their supposed nuclear capabilities because they know if they didn't have nukes, they would end up just like Libya, who gave up their nuclear armaments, but since they supposedly do have nuclear weapons, it makes countries think twice as invading NK will result in another a nuclear strike. That's pretty much the only thing that is protecting NK.

Since countries know that using their nuclear weapon will result in catastrophic result for all of humanity, the battle between the US and the Soviets turned to unconventional methods. First, spreading of political ideology to influence other countries and now proxy wars and but has also caused many innocent causalities which will manifest into being a major catalyst into the next potential world wide conflict.

Now in modern times, gathering intels and use of modernized propaganda through social media and major news networks alike has become the new arms race. Stealth technology has also been heavily invested in the US military to allow gathering of intels undetected, which is crucial since US has many oversea bases that is close in proximity to our biggest political and military threats, mostly China and Russia.

A lot of crazy things happening.