http://www.independent.co.uk/news/sc...-a7634771.html

The gov. released footage of these tests as the tapes they were originally recorded on are decomposing, you can find them on youtube somewhere.

I find it interesting, knowing these horrible weapons could potentially end our world.

Thoughts?  

Thoughts?

Not many. There's nothing too thought provoking about nuclear weapons I mean practically everyone knows about them.

They're dangerous, but I dare say that their existence may have actually prevented more wars.

Not really easy starting a huge war knowing your enemies could potentially have weapons that can basically erase you from existence.  

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We already knew this happened so it's not that shocking to me  

These bombs have caused radiation to much of the places they were dropped on, and with them often being dropped in the sea in much earlier years, alot of marine life died. Take Bikini Attol for example, people lost their homes too.  

Posted by SomeGuy

These bombs have caused radiation to much of the places they were dropped on, and with them often being dropped in the sea in much earlier years, alot of marine life died. Take Bikini Attol for example, people lost their homes too.

So you're saying- "Some fishes died, and some people lost their homes, so that completely voids the fact a **** ton of the Allies went home alive because of the atomic bomb."  

Posted by Perseus

So you're saying- "Some fishes died, and some people lost their homes, so that completely voids the fact a **** ton of the Allies went home alive because of the atomic bomb."

I don't know why you took him explaining the negative outcomes of nuclear bombs and turned it into some nazi comment as if he wishes Americans would have died??? Dude, he's talking about marine life for ****'s sake.  

Posted by Perseus

So you're saying- "Some fishes died, and some people lost their homes, so that completely voids the fact a **** ton of the Allies went home alive because of the atomic bomb."

I cannot deny the fact that nuclear bombs have kept peace for one of the longest times in history, but there are certain leaders, such as Kim Jong Un, who, while i highly doubt their country can afford nuclear bombs, if they were to get them then Kim seems like the sort of man who would actually use it. You have to also realise nuclear bombs leave radiation behind and radiation causes cancer and birth defects.  

Round 2 anyone?  

Nuclear weapons are supposed to be like a last minute thing to use against your opponent if they aren't surrendering or something (ex. Japan in WW2). Nuclear war is unlikely in the foreseeable future because they do more harm than good. Plus they're expensive to make.

As for North Korea, nobody is really worried about them developing nuclear weapons because practically everyone has them. And who would they attack with them? South Korea? They probably don't have the technology yet to send it across the entire Pacific Ocean to attack the U.S., and even if they could it would probably get shot down.  

Posted by CM

Nuclear weapons are supposed to be like a last minute thing to use against your opponent if they aren't surrendering or something (ex. Japan in WW2). Nuclear war is unlikely in the foreseeable future because they do more harm than good. Plus they're expensive to make.

As for North Korea, nobody is really worried about them developing nuclear weapons because practically everyone has them. And who would they attack with them? South Korea? They probably don't have the technology yet to send it across the entire Pacific Ocean to attack the U.S., and even if they could it would probably get shot down.

I don't listen to the news that much so sorry for my lack of knowledge about this situation but isn't china and Russia friends with north Korea or something. And don't all three countries dislike America?  

Posted by Weeno

I don't listen to the news that much so sorry for my lack of knowledge about this situation but isn't china and Russia friends with north Korea or something. And don't all three countries dislike America?

Yes but that doesn't mean Russia and China will attack us, one will piss off basically all of Europe and the other will be attacking one its largest trading partners.  

Posted by SomeGuy

These bombs have caused radiation to much of the places they were dropped on, and with them often being dropped in the sea in much earlier years, alot of marine life died. Take Bikini Bottom for example, people lost their homes too.

Bikini Bottom sure took a hit

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Posted by CM

Nuclear weapons are supposed to be like a last minute thing to use against your opponent if they aren't surrendering or something (ex. Japan in WW2). Nuclear war is unlikely in the foreseeable future because they do more harm than good. Plus they're expensive to make.

As for North Korea, nobody is really worried about them developing nuclear weapons because practically everyone has them. And who would they attack with them? South Korea? They probably don't have the technology yet to send it across the entire Pacific Ocean to attack the U.S., and even if they could it would probably get shot down.

North Korea is trying to develop the technolgy to reach America with a nuclear weapon. No one knows what North Korea will do at some point in the future. They don't care about self-preservation like most countries do. Countries have heavily sanctioned North Korea and other countries such as Iran for their attempt at developing nuclear capabilities. Everyone in the world is worried about some other country getting that power. America went to war in Iraq based on the belief that they had "weapons of mass destruction" so it is a serious worry that every powerhouse country has.

Nuclear weapons aren't even supposed to be a last minute thing. If one country with nuclear capabilities uses them against another country with the same capaibilities, then both will end up using them. America didn't even know how strong the atom bomb was when they used it. That's now why everyone talks about mutually assured destruction if anyone uses them.  

Posted by PigParty

North Korea is trying to develop the technolgy to reach America with a nuclear weapon. No one knows what North Korea will do at some point in the future. They don't care about self-preservation like most countries do. Countries have heavily sanctioned North Korea and other countries such as Iran for their attempt at developing nuclear capabilities. Everyone in the world is worried about some other country getting that power. America went to war in Iraq based on the belief that they had "weapons of mass destruction" so it is a serious worry that every powerhouse country has.

Nuclear weapons aren't even supposed to be a last minute thing. If one country with nuclear capabilities uses them against another country with the same capaibilities, then both will end up using them. America didn't even know how strong the atom bomb was when they used it. That's now why everyone talks about mutually assured destruction if anyone uses them.

It may take years for North Korea to even be able to develop a nuclear weapon that can travel across the entire Pacific and then hit us, and even if they do that's only half of the battle. They still have to find a way to get past the possibility of the missile being shot down, malfunctioning, landing somewhere else, etc.

A majority of the countries that have access to nuclear weaponry know the huge risks of going to war with somebody with nuclear weapons. All countries know that if they use nuclear weapons on someone else (or even attempt to), they will be met with the same thing, and that is something that a LOT of countries don't want to risk. Not in this day and age.