70th anniversary of atomic bombing of Hiroshima

[Stealhead]

Yes that's him he got fired for not not accidentally nuking everyone. Some jobs sheesh.
On some TV interview he said "I was the little bird getting ..... on by the big bird."

[ikalugin]

Meanwhile, French discuss if they should keep their nuclear deterent, British one escaped possible cuts, USN SSBN program is in the funding bind, everyone else is expanding their nuclear forces as much as they could.

Did I miss anything?

[Wolferz]

It is sad that those weapons even needed to be created but, a stubborn foe kind of forces the issue.

sigh..
.alas, sometimes the only way to deal with a bully is to punch his lights out.

[Jimbuna]

I suppose it could be claimed MAD has prevented a WWIII....thus far.

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

I suppose it could be claimed MAD has prevented a WWIII....thus far.

Well, a direct confrontation between two nuclear possessing superpowers, although India and Pakistan have had their clashes.

In regards to WWIII, I'd say that we're in one right now in a manner of speaking.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

In regards to WWIII, I'd say that we're in one right now in a manner of speaking.

I wouldn't have thought so. A worldwide confrontation with full nuke release would probably lead to the end of mankind.

I don't fancy coming back as a cockroach either

[Mr Quatro]

What if your hometown were hit by the Hiroshima atomic bomb?

http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-0...ma-atomic-bomb

About 66,000 people, mostly civilians, perished, according to a report prepared by the US Army one year after the attack.
Another 69,000 were injured and tens of thousands more were affected by radiation disease.

But how to show the damage more clearly? We've developed an application that allows you to visualize the damage of the
same atomic bomb on another location in today's world, such as your hometown.

You may be surprised at the extent of the damage.