graphic of history of nuclear testing [Archive]

Platapus

11-22-10, 09:03 PM

A friend sent me this.

http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/

It is a little slow running and there is no way to speed it up. But it literally gives the big picture of when nuclear devices were tested, where, and by whom.

Only watch if you are a nuclear history buff. It will be very boring for anyone else to be honest.

For a while, the US had tested more devices than the rest of the world combined, but we dropped back a little with them pesky Indians and Pakistanis. The graphic does not include the North Korean tests (of which only one really counts anyway)

There are also some other terrestrial tests not counted and none of the exo-atmospheric tests are included for some reason.

TLAM Strike

11-22-10, 09:07 PM

Seen it... :03:

The graphic does not include the North Korean tests (of which only one really counts anyway)

Or the mysterious possible South Africa/Israeli test in the Indian Ocean... :hmmm:

the_tyrant

11-22-10, 09:07 PM

its actually quite interesting:up:
Feels like the game defcon

Platapus

11-22-10, 09:26 PM

Seen it... :03:

Or the mysterious possible South Africa/Israeli test in the Indian Ocean... :hmmm:

What we call the Vela Event Sep 79 Most interesting event. :yep:

Ducimus

11-22-10, 09:40 PM

Seen it... :03:

Ditto.

It's also on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=1945-1998&aq=f

nikimcbee

11-22-10, 11:23 PM

A friend sent me this.

http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/

It is a little slow running and there is no way to speed it up. But it literally gives the big picture of when nuclear devices were tested, where, and by whom.

Only watch if you are a nuclear history buff. It will be very boring for anyone else to be honest.

For a while, the US had tested more devices than the rest of the world combined, but we dropped back a little with them pesky Indians and Pakistanis. The graphic does not include the North Korean tests (of which only one really counts anyway)

There are also some other terrestrial tests not counted and none of the exo-atmospheric tests are included for some reason.

I don't know why it made me think of this...:hmmm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUcOaGawIW0

And those Brits!:o They tested theirs in Australia. No wonder the Aussies are so "different.":har:

CCIP

11-22-10, 11:49 PM

Makes for a strange sort of music!

Wow, this sure makes it look like Nevada/New Mexico and Kazakhstan should just be nuclear wastelands :o

nikimcbee

11-22-10, 11:52 PM

Makes for a strange sort of music!

Wow, this sure makes it look like Nevada/New Mexico and Kazakhstan should just be nuclear wastelands :o

Nevada is a wasteland w/o the nuclear tests.:haha:

The Third Man

11-23-10, 12:03 AM

It is a Vera Lynn thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdytOGnUFoI

nikimcbee

11-23-10, 02:05 AM

It is a Vera Lynn thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdytOGnUFoI
:har::yeah:

joea

11-23-10, 03:52 AM

Makes for a strange sort of music!

Wow, this sure makes it look like Nevada/New Mexico and Kazakhstan should just be nuclear wastelands :o

Yup:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semipalatinsk_Test_Site,_Kazakhstan

Seen the animation before fascinating and scary.

TarJak

11-23-10, 06:03 AM

I don't know why it made me think of this...:hmmm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUcOaGawIW0

And those Brits!:o They tested theirs in Australia. No wonder the Aussies are so "different.":har:
Luckily we were given protective clothing to view the tests:

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01588/maralinga1_1588865c.jpg

Schroeder

11-23-10, 06:33 AM

My god, I had no idea they tested so many of them.:timeout:

Penguin

11-23-10, 07:18 AM

Interesting graphic, indeed!

There is a very good documentary about the terrestrial tests, called Trinity and Beyond: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_and_Beyond
Definitely worth a watch, and hey, you can't go wrong with anything William Shatner narrates! :03:

The very best fiml about the 50's atomic area in the US is still Atomic Cafe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atomic_Cafe. It is a film which really shows the dramedy it was: I watched it half the time laughing, half the time shocked and affected.

krashkart

11-23-10, 07:44 AM

Luckily we were given protective clothing to view the tests:

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01588/maralinga1_1588865c.jpg

I just knew there was something special about cargo shorts. :haha:

Oberon

11-23-10, 09:20 AM

Heh, you say about protection in testing...

I came across this video a while back, already posted it once but it seems like the right time to post it again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFliTyydSs

Gives me the chills at the end there...

jumpy

11-23-10, 11:03 AM

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/index.html

good site for info on all that stuff :)

Sledgehammer427

11-23-10, 12:40 PM

awesome site Jumpy! :up:

jumpy

11-23-10, 02:33 PM

^^

it's only a shame that that site doesn't have the soundtrack to 'Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Story'
Whenever I read anything on that site I always hear the music, and for some reason my inner voice reading, is William Shatner :o :oops: :rotfl2:

Platapus

11-23-10, 08:43 PM

Heh, you say about protection in testing...

I came across this video a while back, already posted it once but it seems like the right time to post it again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFliTyydSs

Gives me the chills at the end there...

Check out a movie entitled "Radio Bikini" It is not one of those feel good, trust your government to take care of you type of documentaries.