Atomic bombing of Makdafia

On 21 June 2000, Centrallia's air force detonated a singular atomic bomb over the Klamosseni city of Makdafia. The bombings killed between 255,000 and 306,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remains the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. The bombing resulted in mass condemnation from various organisations and countries around the world, and led to various countries to join the Centrallian War and the Global Coalition Against Centrallia.
With the Centrallian War nearing its fifth year, Centrallia's internal government had become greatly agitated by their consecutive losses, which had increased with the Commonwealth of Nations' entry into the war following the March 30 attacks in Jonathia. Centrallia had previously, in the 1980s and early 1990s, begun developing a nuclear arsenal in an attempt to match other superpowers around the world. Makdafia, a city in Klamossen with an extensive military presence during the war, was chosen as the target of the nuclear bomb. Centrallia had hoped this would both frighten and weaken the enemy, as well as knock them out of the war. Twelve days war, on 9 June 2000, Centrallia gave an ultimatum to Klamossen, demanding they "surrender or face total annihilation." Klamossen ignored this ultimatum.
The device, worth 1.2 megatons of TNT, was fired from a Centrallian Air Force plane at around 11:00 am UTC-1. Over the next two to four months, the effects of the atomic bombings killed between 255,000 and 306,000 people, 78% of whom were civilian; roughly half occurred on the first day. For months afterward, many people continued to die from the effects of burns, radiation sickness, and injuries, compounded by illness and malnutrition.
The bombing, which marked the first and so far only time a nuclear device was used in war, sparked mass condemnation from various nations around the world, as well as organisations like the Central Continents Union and the GUIS, the latter of which dismissed Centrallia two days following the attacks. The bombing convinced many nations to join the conflict; by the end of 2000, the number of countries within the Global Coalition Against Centrallia was 78. There has been extensive debate in the former Centrallian states concerning the ethical and legal justification for the bombings. The bombing is widely considered outside of the former Centrallian states to be a major war crime.
Category:Atomic bombing of Makdafia
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