More world atomic explosions and tests than I realised. Bloody hell!

[jim.cox]

A blatant post swipe from elsewhere on KB

[oldrider]

Also a few comments here.

Sorry .... repost! Didn't see it last time! (Whatever happened to Sniper? He kept us on our toes)

[haydes55]

Ever wondered what causes global warming? Pretty sure those bombs are very hot.

[LBD]

And it looked like everyone was testing in their own back yards.....except the English and French

[Tigadee]

.....except the English and French

Bastards!

[Oscar]

And it looked like everyone was testing in their own back yards.....except the English and French

Er...what part of the USA is the Marshall Islands in again?

[5150]

As certain famous actress said in a certain famous movie? "I am not scared of the people who hold 10 nuclear bombs, but I am terified of the person who only has one"

[oneofsix]

As certain famous actress said in a certain famous move? "I am not scared of the people who hold 10 nuclear bombs, but I am terified of the person who only has one"

Not a bad statement if you live somewhere they are likely to target with one. It is the ones with a few to spare that might overload the atmosphere or lob one this way and the way they react to the people with one that are a cause for immediate concern down here.

[5150]

Not a bad statement if you live somewhere they are likely to target with one. It is the ones with a few to spare that might overload the atmosphere or lob one this way and the way they react to the people with one that are a cause for immediate concern down here.

True that.

Or you can use the "Nuke em' till they glow, so you can shoot em' in the dark" mentality

[LBD]

Er...what part of the USA is the Marshall Islands in again?

Point...missed that one...but the French and Poms never tested in their own back yards...the Seppos did....not that it makes much difference

[haydes55]

Check this out for perspective

[Macontour]

I read a book years ago called America Ground Zero by Carole Gallagher and it was all about the nuclear testing done at places like White Sands in New Mexico. The Local people were told all sorts of lies and suffered all sorts of health problems as sometimes the winds would change direction and the fallout would drift over the towns.

All sorts of medical problems from still births to birth defects to cancers to dead or sick farm animals were way out of proportion compared to other parts of the country.

The fields would be covered in radioactive dust and the cattle would eat there and the people would eat the cattle or drink the milk and get sick.

The Government workers would establish a "safe" Geiger Counter reading then check after a test. If the readings were higher than the "safe" exposure level, they would just decide that a new higher level was "safe" and so it would go on.

Terrible what they did to their own people, admittedly in some part through ignorance.

[mashman]

I read a book years ago called America Ground Zero by Carole Gallagher and it was all about the nuclear testing done at places like White Sands in New Mexico. The Local people were told all sorts of lies and suffered all sorts of health problems as sometimes the winds would change direction and the fallout would drift over the towns.

All sorts of medical problems from still births to birth defects to cancers to dead or sick farm animals were way out of proportion compared to other parts of the country.

The fields would be covered in radioactive dust and the cattle would eat there and the people would eat the cattle or drink the milk and get sick.

The Government workers would establish a "safe" Geiger Counter reading then check after a test. If the readings were higher than the "safe" exposure level, they would just decide that a new higher level was "safe" and so it would go on.

Terrible what they did to their own people, admittedly in some part through ignorance.

You gotta test these things on someone ... at the end of the day we need to be able to blow each other up, just in case like... WTF else is the human race good for?

[Mental Trousers]

Check this out for perspective

I thought those numbers were way off until I read it a bit closer. That pic only shows strategic nukes, it doesn't show tactical nukes. So it's missing a crapload of the US stuff and a fair chunk of the Russians.

[gunnyrob]

Don't forget that a lot of the soviet tests were done directly upwind of various siberian villages so they could study the long term effects.

Different era, different values