(June 1, 2012 at 9:03 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote: America sure likes blowing shit up.
1,000 nuclear tests?
You can imagine after test #4 or something, them saying "yep, it explodes", and somebody else saying "let's juuuuust try one more, you know, just to make sure"
Ok, I understand the concerns about fall out, but the above rationale is just silly.
You don't invest in a weapons technology that you test a HANDFUL of times and say "yep it explodes". Shit like that happens to blow up in your face when you do that. Not to mention all the additional developments, like migrating from more of a dirty bomb that converts the tiniest fraction of matter to energy to incredibly powerful but "clean" (compared to a dirty bomb) hydrogen bombs.
I am more curious as to the changes in yield, initial mass to detonate, etc,. It would tell a lot more about the early understanding of nuclear physics and the relative rate of scientific advancements thereafter.
Slave to the Patriarchy no more
