Nuclear weapons testing.

[storm rider]

OK we know how many Atomic bombs have been used in wartime,that being 2 which
caused the total surrender by Japan in WW2.How many nuclear explosions/tests have been conducted though? and by what nations?

I attached an interesting time lapse video that shows the results from 1945 to 1998....no big surprise the the USSR and the USA were the leaders.

All I can say is I am of the opinion that these tests did a hell of a lot more damage to the planet than global warming/climate change.

SR

 

[Tugela]

Seeing that the combined power of all those tests is less than what your average hurricane puts out,I doubt that the long term effects were significant at all.

 

[the old maxx50]

Ok that is a old idea reselected , about the earth cord being heated by natural nuclear decay ... I don't think that is what keeps the earths core molten .. As I understood it it was the pressure of gravity and the friction and gasses . the caused and sustained the heat and the was insulated by the earths crust .. One day it will go out . a few billion more years or so ..

As for the damage of the radiation released form 2000 nuclear bomb test and related nuclear .. testing , reactor leaks .. that as a much longer and devastating effect on the genetic make up of every species on this planet.

 

[Larry Storch]

Looks like they were bombing the crap out of themselves.

 

[Tugela]

As for the damage of the radiation released form 2000 nuclear boom test and related nuclear .. testing , reactor leaks .. that as a much longer and devastating effect on the genetic make up of every species on this planet.

Actually, not so much. In the short term it will cause mutation, but natural selection will winnow out the weakness as it were. Mutants are allmost allways less capable of surviving, consequently their offspring eventually die out and species will return to an equilibrium without the mutants. Unless of course the mutation was beneficial in some way, in which case it isnt a bad thing. Whatever effect it might have will be eliminated in a very short time.

We are constantly bathed in natural radiation. In the big picture mankinds experiments with radioactivity have little effect.

 

[storm rider]

Looks like they were bombing the crap out of themselves.

Mostly it was either to rattle the sabre politically or to see if the new and better/bigger warheads worked.This was mostly between the USSR and the USA during the cold war nuclear arms race though France sure got in their fair share I will say.Then there is the tiny player of the pack which is India and mostly for the effect of "yeah we got nukes so dont fuck with us".Britain and China did a fair number of tests but mainly with the idea of perfecting their arsenal overall.

A lot of the tests conducted by the USA were in the south pacific as the USA had bases in the Phillipines/Wake Island/Carolina Islands/Midway and Guam....the Johntston Atoll was a huge proving ground for USA nuclear testing as was the Nevada desert....the USSR was so vast that they could for the most part test weapons allmost anywhere but they did concentrate the tests.

The video does take some time to watch but I will say it is interesting how it plays out with regards to the time period with relation to political events such as the Cuban missile crisis...imagine how fucked up things would be if the USSR had managed to land those nukes and have them emplaced in Cuba.

SR

 

[the old maxx50]

Thank you for the education .. first time i ever read that explanation . I don't think they were teaching that one when i went to schools , Or I missed it some where ..