Hiroshima

[Splitpin]

75 years today since the first of 2 atomic weapons were used in anger ...I hope that will be the end of it.

[Fozzer]

An event which quickly ended the 2nd World War in the Pacific.

When it comes to big bangs...
Interesting to note that the recent explosion in the Port of Beirut was one 10th of the Power of the Atomic Bobs dropped in in Japan, and the most powerful accidental explosion in history...>>>>
A pretty big bang!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53673957

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-53668493

Paul.

[emfrat]

Paul, if you can get a copy of "The Mare's Nest" by David Irving, he includes an analysis of why the Luftwaffe developed the V-1 flying bomb to deliver very economically about a 1 ton warhead on London, and why the Wehrmacht spent 10 times as much developing the V-2 rocket to do the same thing. Utter madness.
ATB
Mike

[Fozzer]

My Dad was working at Woolwich Arsenal, on the banks of the River Thames, London, (Munitions Factory), at the start of the war in 1939, and we were getting seriously bombed-out in London.
It was getting so dangerous that Dad managed to get a transfer to Rotherwas Munitions Factory in the city of Hereford.
My Mum and I followed up shortly later, and we all have lived in Hereford, Herefordshire, the Land of Cows and Sheep, ever since.
A wonderful rural county, which I got to love very much!
Mum and Dad died in 1989 at the age of 90 years!

Paul....Still Counting Sheep... ...!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROF_Rotherwas

I well remember the Rotherwas explosion in May 1944. I was playing in our garden in the countryside, some 8 Miles away at then time, there was silence for a few seconds, then all the tree tops surrounding the area blew over due to the force of the explosion! I remember it to this very day!
Luckily it was not Dad's work shift that day!

[Charl]

Did you know the Brits were a strong contender to deliver the bomb?
I had this Mark Felton clip pushed to me yesterday.

Watch on youtube.com

To answer the question: per WikiP perhaps we are headed in the right direction.
From a high of 70,300 nuclear weapons in 1986, we are down to "only" 13,890.

[Fozzer]

...and with the rebuilt Japan, Mr Honda and Mr Yamaha, etc, subsequently provided me with my wonderful Motorcycles...

...at what terrible cost!!

Paul.

[chopper_nut]

This is a subject that I have some interest in. I do believe that dropping the bombs was the right decision to end the war as fast as possible. As it turns out, even after the second bomb, elements of the army refused to accrpt the emperor's decision to surrender. Continued bombing and blockade would've killed many more slowly and an invansion would've led to millions upon millions of casualties.

The allies declaration of demanding unconditional surrender at Casablanca sealed Japans fate. Even in 1945 however, there were elements within the US government who were in favour of modifying the surrender terms so that Japan could keep the emperor and also basically saying that 'if you continue to fight, we'll use this new bomb on you'. Truman ultimately rejected this however, possibly due to the bombs still being a closely guarded secret and being useful as a device to curb Stalin. Of course Stalin probably already knew as was shown when he was told of their existance shortly beore their use.

Interesting subject

[SUBS17]

Did you know the Brits were a strong contender to deliver the bomb?
I had this Mark Felton clip pushed to me yesterday.


To answer the question: per WikiP perhaps we are headed in the right direction.
From a high of 70,300 nuclear weapons in 1986, we are down to "only" 13,890.

They are dismantling all Nuclear weapons and using the Plutonium for next generation Hybrid Plutonium Powerplants and Plutonium SteamShip PowerPlants which can carry up to a million tons into space......Someone's Patents!