'50's Nuclear Bomb Tests Affected Most Of U.S.- Now, Bush Wants New Testing - Divine Strake

[Bobbieo]

http://nativeunity.blogspot.com

Winds carried radioactive fallout to New England and Canada’s Maritime Provinces.

[Monomorphic]

1. What do you want us to do...

...throw spit-wads at them???

[bigtree]

2. them??

:eyes:

[Occulus]

3. Sometimes they're just too obvious,aren't they? n/t

[originalpckelly]

11. BUT WE HAVE TO KILL THEM!

RUN RUN RUN!!!!

:rofl:

Y'all need to try a little harder if you're going to do it here! :rofl:

[Homer Wells]

4. Welcome to DU

and enjoy your short stay.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Why would you want to throw spit-wads at down winders?

?

[lectrobyte]

6. No. We want you to contribute in a positive way to the world.

What happened to that peace dividend? What do we need new nukes for at this point?

[CrownPrinceBandar]

7. Thanks for playing......

We'll make sure one of "them" escorts you out.

[LanternWaste]

8. Incredible counter-analysis!

Incredible analysis! You presented us with every other possible option available to the U.S. military and defense agencies. I'm amazed by the breadth and detail of your counter-proposal.


... I'm sure we will give it all the consideration it's due.


Edited: because I'm just not *that* mean.

[originalpckelly]

9. "IT'S THEM! They're gonna kill US! RUN!"

"Uh, Bob, who are they?"

"Hell if I know."

[LSK]

10. at who?

[originalpckelly]

12. Are you bombed?

:nuke:

[shraby]

14. Why do we have to throw anything at them?

Isn't diplomacy an option???

[SoCalDem]

17. Rocks..thrown by giant space catapults maybe:) n/t

[Horse with no Name]

20. What's your rank son?

Because talking like that...seems you should be lined up to be cannon fodder for this little group of happy campers instead of being holed up in your mommy's basement pretending to be a warrior.

[helderheid]

23. Welcome to DU

BOO!

[Selatius]

13. Bush wants new nuke bunker busters to use on Iran.

You gotta test them before you use them. At least, that's what Bush would tell you.

Personally, I think it's an exercise in insanity.

[Bobbieo]

15. The purpose of this thread was to show DU that the 50's

bomb tests are still causing cancer across the US and Bush wants to start more bomb tests and all you guys can do it thow smartass remartks at one another. I would have shown a map of how these winds spread out across our country but the God damned thing won't cut and paste. Maybe some of you are still being affected!!!!

[LSK]

16. you seem to be confused

Theres one person who likes nukes and almost every reply in this post is to him.

[helderheid]

19. let me see what I can do - in the meantime...

http://www.nukestrat.com/us/stratcom/gs-divinestrake.htm

[helderheid]

21. here's the picture

[TheWraith]

24. Actually, those tests are long gone.

The radioactive half-life of most of the isotopes released by a nuclear bomb blast is relatively short. It would depend on the bomb, but most of the fallout would have self-neutralized within anywhere from a few years to a couple decades. While the nature of radiation is that it doesn't just stop, it would have faded considerably after such a period. The longer lived isotopes are by definition the less potent ones.

And just in case anyone reading this thread is confused, Divine Strake is a proposed test using conventional explosives, not nuclear.

[helderheid]

18. I wish I could give 100 recommends - I am in Utah downwind.

[helderheid]

22. KICK

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