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rawr 05-07-2011 05:22 PM
Interesting pictures from nuclear testing
 
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Since the time of Trinity -- the first nuclear explosion in 1945 -- nearly 2,000 nuclear tests have been performed, with the majority taking place during the 1960s and 1970s. When the technology was new, tests were frequent and often spectacular, and led to the development of newer, more deadly weapons. But starting in the 1990s, there have been efforts to limit the future testing of nuclear weapons, including a U.S. moratorium and a U.N. comprehensive test ban treaty. As a result, testing has slowed -- though not halted -- and there are questions about the future. Who will take over for those experienced engineers who are now near retirement, and should we act as stewards with our enormous stockpiles of nuclear weapons? Gathered here are images from the first 30 years of nuclear testing
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...-bombs/100061/

tool001 05-07-2011 06:54 PM
best ever quotes pretaining to nukes

"Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds"

TheNewGirl 05-07-2011 08:12 PM
They blew up a lot of these suckers in the 50s and 60s!

Gumby 05-07-2011 09:14 PM
Holy fuck... As hard as these pictures try, it's difficult to imagine the destructive power of a nuke.

BoySupra604 05-07-2011 09:57 PM
Amazing pictures! What I've always had a hard time trying to grasp in previous Abomb detonations pictures is the sheer size of the explosions, due to the fact that there were no reference points to compare them to. You just knew the fire balls were huge.

fliptuner 05-07-2011 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 7424954)
Holy fuck... As hard as these pictures try, it's difficult to imagine the destructive power of a nuke.
I recently watched a documentary on the History Channel about nuke testing in the Marshall Islands on Bikini Atoll. Real eye opener how many people were lied to and died and homes destroyed to facilitate testing.

Onassis 05-07-2011 10:00 PM
They forgot to cloak the cannon.

AzNightmare 05-07-2011 11:12 PM
Wow, amazing pictures!

bob_chan 05-07-2011 11:54 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gumby (Post 7424954)
Holy fuck... As hard as these pictures try, it's difficult to imagine the destructive power of a nuke.
Here's one interpretation:

Greenstoner 05-07-2011 11:56 PM
nuclear launch detected

Lomac 05-08-2011 12:17 PM
The Tsar Bomba. The most powerful bomb ever exploded, the equivalent of 50 megatons.

http://underneaththestairwell.com/wp...sar-bomba4.jpg

avinayyar 05-08-2011 01:58 PM
^ not tsar bomba.

tofu1413 05-08-2011 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Greenstoner (Post 7425133)
nuclear launch detected

lots of ghost acadamies around eh
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BillyBishop 05-09-2011 12:18 AM
I was expecting the caption for this to be
"Earth, as viewed from the moon, during the detonation of a nuclear bomb."

http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/in...1_E6200538.jpg

JSALES 05-09-2011 02:57 AM
holy shit, those pictures are crazy

Bouncing Bettys 05-09-2011 03:26 AM
I'm pretty sure this has been posted before on here but this thread made me think of it.

Nuclear Detonation Timeline 1945-1998:
http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1...sao-hashimoto/

the condensed youtube version:

Soundy 05-09-2011 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Lomac (Post 7425446)
The Tsar Bomba. The most powerful bomb ever exploded, the equivalent of 50 megatons.

http://underneaththestairwell.com/wp...sar-bomba4.jpg
Per OP's link:

"34 A 1971 photo of a nuclear bomb detonated by the French government at the Mururoa atoll, French Polynesia. (AP Photo) #"


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba

http://rlv.zcache.com/ussr_tsar_bomb...12trma_400.jpg

TheNewGirl 05-09-2011 07:44 AM
Wow the US sure likes to blow shit up.

That's 1.62 a month for 53 years.... and you wonder why they're 14 Trillion dollars in debt. They might as well have a big bonfire every month and throw money into it.

fliptuner 05-09-2011 08:39 AM
After watching that vid thinks, " How the fuck does anything grow in the Soutwest? "

freakshow 05-09-2011 10:38 AM
nukes in SC are severely underpowered..

Hheidi 05-09-2011 11:06 AM
the mannequins remind me of "The hills have eyes"


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