[video=youtube;9U8CZAKSsNA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U8CZAKSsNA#t=414[/video]
I know it's almost 4 years late.
Does that mean that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were tests?
[QUOTE=The mouse;43083521]Does that mean that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were tests?[/QUOTE]
Well it was the first actual use of nuclear weapons so yeah, they kind of were
Hiroshima was kind of a test, they didn't know if it would work or not.
Why does france keep blowing up africa?
[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;43083685]Why does france keep blowing up africa?[/QUOTE]
France colonized a huge part of Africa
[QUOTE=The mouse;43083521]Does that mean that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were tests?[/QUOTE]
The bomb design that fell at Nagasaki had been tested once at Los Alamos, while the Hiroshima bomb design had been untested.
Although technically, the first neutron chain was tested on a tennis court at the University of Chicago. :v:
I love how a lot of UK's tests were in Australia lmao.
That reminds me of this awesome video showing every day of World War II in Europe:
[video=youtube;WOVEy1tC7nk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOVEy1tC7nk[/video]
[QUOTE=Tasm;43084729]I love how a lot of UK's tests were in Australia lmao.[/QUOTE]
Explains the wildlife.
Both videos in this thread reiterate our species' propensity for massive levels of destruction.
We can only speculate as to what lays ahead in the next hundred years.
[QUOTE=PulpedFiction;43084952]Both videos in this thread reiterate our species' propensity for massive levels of destruction.
We can only speculate as to what lays ahead in the next hundred years.[/QUOTE]
good things prolly. the age of warfare is ending i think.
[QUOTE=yawmwen;43085115]good things prolly. the age of warfare is ending i think.[/QUOTE]
The fact that the only major conflict in recent decades has been insurgent activity and rogue leaders instead of actual full scale war, as well as the fact that most of those countries that were involved are stablizing is a pretty good sign of things to come IMO.
[QUOTE=urbanmonkey;43085198]
WWII lol[/QUOTE]
World War II is just simply impossible to imagine, even in retrospect to all the wars before hand. But that is a really cool little clip showing how brutal Europeans are to one another.
[QUOTE=urbanmonkey;43085198][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hsDn2kNriI[/media]
WWII lol[/QUOTE]
Napoleon also caused quite a fuss for, relative to his time.
Wouldn't be surprised if this is a reason cancer is so widespread.
[QUOTE=A_Pigeon;43083685]Why does france keep blowing up africa?[/QUOTE]
Because they felt bad for Arizona.
For some reason I expected that the Soviet Union had detonated more test nukes than the U.S did, but nope I was dead wrong, the U.S blew a helluva a lot more bombs that the Soviets or anybody else. I'm surprised that all these nuke detonations didn't spark off a nuclear winter even if they were tests. I'm also surprised at how many test nukes that the French blew.
So I guess 1998 was when the Test Ban Treaty was ratified and signed?
[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;43086533]For some reason I expected that the Soviet Union had detonated more test nukes than the U.S did, but nope I was dead wrong, the U.S blew a helluva a lot more bombs that the Soviets or anybody else. I'm surprised that all these nuke detonations didn't spark off a nuclear winter even if they were tests. I'm also surprised at how many test nukes that the French blew.[/QUOTE]
Well considering that the US were often the first ones to develop newer nuclear technology its not that surprising that they needed to do a lot of tests. Plus it took a little while for the Soviets to even get the nuke so the US had a bit of a head start.
As for France, they do have the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world even today (though that is a very distant third). A large motivation for investing in nukes was probably the fact that they were next door to a country that was literally the border between the first and second world.
[QUOTE=Bbarnes005;43086533]For some reason I expected that the Soviet Union had detonated more test nukes than the U.S did, but nope I was dead wrong, the U.S blew a helluva a lot more bombs that the Soviets or anybody else. I'm surprised that all these nuke detonations didn't spark off a nuclear winter even if they were tests. I'm also surprised at how many test nukes that the French blew.
So I guess 1998 was when the Test Ban Treaty was ratified and signed?[/QUOTE]
1968 and 1963 saw the real treaties that made a difference, essentially limiting tests to underground. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty was signed in 1996, but China, Korea, and the U.S. have yet to ratify the treaty.
[QUOTE=sa2fan;43083618]Hiroshima was kind of a test, they didn't know if it would work or not.[/QUOTE]
They kind of did, though (they were [I]very certain[/I] that it'd work), that was why they dropped Little Boy first, even though they actually had tested an implosion device before (the gadget).
[QUOTE=thegrb93;43086062]Wouldn't be surprised if this is a reason cancer is so widespread.[/QUOTE]
Good job on proving you know nothing at all about nuclear radiation.
the brits tested nukes in the US?
[QUOTE=l337k1ll4;43091936]Good job on proving you know nothing at all about nuclear radiation.[/QUOTE]
don't be a dick.
[editline]6th December 2013[/editline]
I had Starbound running in the background of the video and the music went well with the video. France bodied the shit out Africa, though.
[QUOTE=jajanisse;43084731]That reminds me of this awesome video showing every day of World War II in Europe:
[video=youtube;WOVEy1tC7nk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOVEy1tC7nk[/video][/QUOTE]
This one is way better, even if it only covers the Eastern Front:
[url]http://english.pobediteli.ru/[/url]
[QUOTE=Tuskin;43092143]the brits tested nukes in the US?[/QUOTE]
they weren't tests. it was the 2nd american revolution. read a damn history book sometime.
[QUOTE=Tuskin;43092143]the brits tested nukes in the US?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, after the British lost easy access into the deserts of Australia they borrowed ours.
But in a less sarcastic answer, the British entered the Cold War (nuclear side of things) in force after the LNTBT which restricted the access and use of sea waters for underwater testing so they borrowed land from their closest allies in less-concentrated, less-inhabited regions (Australian outback, American Mojave).
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