General / Off-Topic 75 years

Robin of Spiritwood

Robin of Spiritwood
The Atomic Age is 75 years old today, starting from the Hiroshima bombing when the first atom bomb was used Aug 6th 1945.

Large scale wars immediately disappeared forever, changing history.
 

Caramel Clown

Caramel Clown
Large scale wars, huh? Kind of like Korean War, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yom Kippur War, etc. Wouldn't necessarily call them small scale.
 

Mr T

Mr T
Ok, from the title I thought you were going to say that you're 75 years old today... 75 and still playing ED, nice ;)
 

Becks

Becks
Well, since ITER started its main assembly, maybe we'll see the fusion age before the atomic age reaches 100 years. :)
 

Nemmie

Nemmie
I was in Hiroshima a couple of years ago. It's an incredible place with amazing people and it left an impression on me that will last forever. Down a small back street near the iconic Atomic Dome (Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hal),there's a small, understated memorial that marks the hyper-center of the blast. Standing right there knowing that directly, high above my head on that August morning, it exploded like a miniature sun killing so many people in the most horrific way was quite chilling.
And in the Peace Park, there's a museum. Seeing all those charred artefacts of ordinary peoples' lives, seeing quite graphic images of the immediate aftermath as well as hearing accounts of the victims, was something that will stick with me for the rest of my life.

Hopefully, we're not stupid enough to ever use nuclear weapons again.
 

Demascus

Demascus
Nemmie said:
Hopefully, we're not stupid enough to ever use nuclear weapons again.
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While I agree, it ended the war swiftly and with less overall loss of life. Its not like they were blindsided. They knew the Americans had the bomb, the Americans threatened to use it. Paper flyers were air dropped warning and encouraging evacuation. The Japanese were called after the first dropped. Refused to surrender. 2nd dropped, the emperor surrender at the objections of the Japanese military.
 

Robin of Spiritwood

Robin of Spiritwood
August 9th, 1945.
Nagasaki is the second city to get hit. 90,000 people died.

I cannot comment on the event meaningfully, these people were "enemies" of my grandfather's side. He built air bases for the Air Force that dropped those bombs, so I inherit responsibility in some part.

But we can mark the day, pay respects, observe their regrettable passing, and try to do better going forward.
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
www.bbc.com

The nuclear mistakes that nearly caused World War Three

From invading animals to a faulty computer chip worth less than a dollar, the alarmingly long list of close calls shows just how easily nuclear war could happen by mistake.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

I think there are a couple of incidents missing from that article too. There was a massive NATO exercise that the Russians were looking at nervously and there was some confusion when people first discovered Gamma Ray Bursts.
 
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