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re: Why did we stop doing atmospheric nuclear tests?
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:14 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:14 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Once you know they work, why do you need to keep testing? When something new comes along maybe we will test.
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Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:16 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Mainly the third testicle.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:17 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I'd love to witness one. I'm kinda fascinated with nuclear blasts.
Be of good cheer, there is an excellent chance you may get to see one, up close and personal by 2022
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:26 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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Once you know they work, why do you need to keep testing? When something new comes along maybe we will test.
In the 50s & 60s the test were mostly for diplomatic reasons; basically to show the other side how powerful of a bomb your side could build.
As for why we stopped doing atmospheric tests, that’s because of Castle Bravo. It had a far higher than expected yield, more than twice as high in fact. It contaminated a huge area of the Pacific with high high doses of radiation, including inhabited islands a good distance from Bikini Atoll where the rest was conducted. A lot of the inhabitants got sick from radiation poisoning. If I remember right it also affected Japanese fishing vessels as well.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:29 pm to Darth_Vader
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As for why we stopped doing atmospheric tests, that’s because of Castle Bravo. It had a far higher than expected yield, more than twice as high in fact. It contaminated a huge area of the Pacific with high high doses of radiation, including inhabited islands a good distance from Bikini Atoll where the rest was conducted. A lot of the inhabitants got sick from radiation poisoning. If I remember right it also affected Japanese fishing vessels as well.
I watched a bunch of YouTube stuff about nuclear testing including the dudes in the bunker on the atoll. Yeah the fallout did happen upon some Japanese fishermen. I even watched one on Tsara Bomba which was a hell of an explosion. Everybody ought to search YouTube for that one.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:39 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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Tsara Bomba which was a hell of an explosion.
Crazy how it makes Hiroshima look like a firecracker
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:40 pm to aTmTexas Dillo
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Tsara Bomba
It was only half as big as originally intended - if I recall correctly.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:45 pm to cable
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It was only half as big as originally intended - if I recall correctly.
They scaled it back because over legit concerns of destroying the entire outer layers of the atmosphere
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:49 pm to cable
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It was only half as big as originally intended - if I recall correctly.
About 54 megatons equivalent.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:49 pm to Adam4LSU
I just re-read on it and the article said it was capable of producing 3rd degree burns 62 miles away from the blast - I'm not sure how the aircraft carrying one twice that size would be able to escape the blast.
The Hiroshima bomb was 15 KT - that was 50 MT (50,000 KTs)
The Hiroshima bomb was 15 KT - that was 50 MT (50,000 KTs)
This post was edited on 5/30/22 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:53 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Replace the Olympics with quadrennial nuclear bomb competitions.
Posted on 5/30/22 at 7:55 pm to cable
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I just re-read on it and the article said it was capable of producing 3rd degree burns 62 miles away from the blast - I'm not sure how the aircraft carrying one twice that size would be able to escape the blast
That is almost unfathomable to think about. Any type of nuclear attack/accident would really change the trajectory of mankind.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 8:40 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Anyone in here that find the physics behind nuclear bombs fascinating? I have always researched how all atomic weapons worked. The stories and designs behind Ivy Mike and Castle Bravo are so interesting to me.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 8:49 pm to UndercoverBryologist
It's fun to blow things up.
Posted on 5/31/22 at 8:52 pm to UndercoverBryologist
Because of nuclear testing steel for some medical equipment is sourced from ship wrecks recoveries before 1945.
Low background steel
Low background steel
Posted on 5/31/22 at 8:57 pm to Ace Midnight
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It was not a good practice, from an ecological standpoint.
They did some crazy stuff in those days. They were gonna string five nukes together for "civilian" purposes for Project Chariot. Crazy bastards, Cowboys of their day pushing limits.
This post was edited on 5/31/22 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 5/31/22 at 8:59 pm to blueridgeTiger
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