Hiroshima Anniversary

[An don]

Probably because they felt it was time to send a representative, the Germans (Merkel) went to Israel a few years ago. America is made up of immigrants who encompass many faiths, Muslims were also in the buildings also, so why should they not have a mosque..?


GL

Would you build a japenese heritage centre at pearl harbour?

[texas]

This is a from a japanese newspaper in 1930s anyone speak japanese?

Japanese war crimes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Navillus04]

Whats even more devastating to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the fact that the half lifes of the two main uranium isotopes, uranium 235 and uranium 238 are 713000000 and 4500000000 years respectively. As far as i am aware, the Little Boy bomb was composed of Uranium 235, which means that Hiroshima will be a radioactive and an inhospitable environment for the next billion or so odd years, thats if the planet survives that long, seeing as the sun is going to extinguish and die well before that, which is kinda ironic seeing as the same type of fusion and fission reactions that took place with the Little Boy Bomb are akin to what goes on in the sun every second.

If that wasnt bad enough, good old Uranium 235 is a very potent absorber of neutrons, which over time will decay and produce Plutonium, which im sure the Japanese are very pleased about.

Seeing as Uranium 235 emits gamma radiation as well as alpha and beta particles, the effects on future generations will be untold. All animal and plant life will have mutated genes, same can be said for humans. The teratogenic and mutagenic effects of the gamma radiation will mean that Hiroshima and Nagasaki will forever be blighted by every type of cancer imaginable, genetic defects, birth defects, you name it, it will happen and is happening.

Just think of what could happen if Pakistan and India declare nuclear war on each other, then there's Iran, North Korea, fanatical Islamic Jihadists, Syria and they are just the ones we are aware of

Closer to home, Sellafield in Cumbria in the UK. And there are plenty more nuclear power stations going to be built in the UK over the next 25 years, Thank you Tony Blair

Makes for pleasant reading dont it?

[RicFlair]

Well there were many reasons to drop the bomb on Japan. The Japanese at the time did not surrender and fought pretty much to last man in every campaign up to that point. The Emporer himself declared that every person in Japan should fight the enemy to the last when they invaded.

The Americans estimated at least 30,000 casualties on their side in the first day of invasion alone. Literally millions of American and Japanese lives would have been lost if they decided to take Japan through invasion.

Also the American people were getting pissed-off with the war and wanted it over. Economically the USA was running out of War Bond support from the people and they knew that the only way to end the war was to take a chance on the "A Bomb". It was gamble that clearly paid off but Japan didn't surrender until 2 were dropped. The first one got their Goat up. The second made them realise it was over. The Emporer didn't want to order his people to fight and lose everything. He declared the war over and surrendered. Its unknown how many Japanese people commited suicide as a result...probably 10s of thousands. It was a massive dishonour to them. The Emporer was God in Japan and to have your God surrender was too much to take.

But getting back to the earlier comments about Pearl Harbour. There are Historians that say the War really started in 1931 not 1939 because the Japanese were invading and spreading their empire all accross Asia and the Pacific. Because of this America cut oil supplys to Japan leaving Japan no alternative but to strike America. So on the same day Japan attacked Pearl Harbour and the British in Singapore. A warning was sent to America about the attack but the message wasn't translated and delivered to the proper US athorities on time. So to say there was no warning isn't actually true.

History though is written by the victors at the end of the day.

[texas]

A man of 93 has become the first person certified as a survivor of both the U.S. atomic bombs dropped on Japan at the end of the Second World War.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi appears to be the only person in history to have survived not one, but two atomic bomb blasts

one unlocky dude!!!!!!!!!!!!


Man who survived 2 atom bombs dies - CNN.com

[texas]

Whats even more devastating to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the fact that the half lifes of the two main uranium isotopes, uranium 235 and uranium 238 are 713000000 and 4500000000 years respectively. As far as i am aware, the Little Boy bomb was composed of Uranium 235, which means that Hiroshima will be a radioactive and an inhospitable environment for the next billion or so odd years, thats if the planet survives that long, seeing as the sun is going to extinguish and die well before that, which is kinda ironic seeing as the same type of fusion and fission reactions that took place with the Little Boy Bomb are akin to what goes on in the sun every second.

If that wasnt bad enough, good old Uranium 235 is a very potent absorber of neutrons, which over time will decay and produce Plutonium, which im sure the Japanese are very pleased about.

Seeing as Uranium 235 emits gamma radiation as well as alpha and beta particles, the effects on future generations will be untold. All animal and plant life will have mutated genes, same can be said for humans. The teratogenic and mutagenic effects of the gamma radiation will mean that Hiroshima and Nagasaki will forever be blighted by every type of cancer imaginable, genetic defects, birth defects, you name it, it will happen and is happening.

No this is all wrong, I suspect you have been not trained in nuclear warfare. Do you have a source?

please read "Glasstone and Dolan's book The Effects of Nuclear Weapon 1977"

There are 3 types of radiation from a nuke , thermal , Ionizing and Residual.
Hiroshima was an airburst.
With an air burst, the fission products rise into the stratosphere, where they dissipate and become part of the global environment. Because Hiroshima was an air burst (80 m above the ground, there was no bomb crater and no local radioactive fallout

Glasstone and Dolan, The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, p. 409. "An air burst, by definition, is one taking place at such a height above the earth that no appreciable quantities of surface material are taken up into the fireball. . . the deposition of early fallout from an air burst will generally not be significant. An air burst, however, may produce some induced radioactive contamination in the general vicinity of ground zero as a result of neutron capture by elements in the soil." From p. 36, "at Hiroshima . . . injuries due to fallout were completely absent."

Also this is from RERF
One of the earliest concerns in the aftermath of the atomic bombings was how radiation might affect the children of survivors. Efforts to detect genetic effects began in the late 1940s and continue. Thus far, no evidence of increased genetic effects has been found. This does not necessarily mean that no effects exist because some past studies were limited in their ability to detect genetic damage.

Frequently Asked Questions - Radiation Effects Research Foundation

[anitasizzle]

Something like 9/11 was going to happen sooner rather than later,they have made a lot of enemies out there......after all the suffering they have caused to some countries retaliation was always going to happen....

I have and always believed America collaborated with what happened on 9/11; from the very first news reportage when George Bush started talking about ''free market'', I just thought they did that. And the last year I've been back home has confirmed that belief. The people who really run the show in American are seriously fucked up. I'm starting to be convinced that they don't mind about the economic situation in the Western World because they have plans to capitalize on the countries that are heavily in debt; Totalitarianism is the next port of call, so don't mind those austerity measures; you still got your freedom; Americans cannot stand socialism

[Navillus04]

No this is all wrong, I suspect you have been not trained in nuclear warfare. Do you have a source?

please read "Glasstone and Dolan's book The Effects of Nuclear Weapon 1977"

There are 3 types of radiation from a nuke , thermal , Ionizing and Residual.
Hiroshima was an airburst.
With an air burst, the fission products rise into the stratosphere, where they dissipate and become part of the global environment. Because Hiroshima was an air burst (80 m above the ground, there was no bomb crater and no local radioactive fallout

Glasstone and Dolan, The Effects of Nuclear Weapons, p. 409. "An air burst, by definition, is one taking place at such a height above the earth that no appreciable quantities of surface material are taken up into the fireball. . . the deposition of early fallout from an air burst will generally not be significant. An air burst, however, may produce some induced radioactive contamination in the general vicinity of ground zero as a result of neutron capture by elements in the soil." From p. 36, "at Hiroshima . . . injuries due to fallout were completely absent."

Also this is from RERF
One of the earliest concerns in the aftermath of the atomic bombings was how radiation might affect the children of survivors. Efforts to detect genetic effects began in the late 1940s and continue. Thus far, no evidence of increased genetic effects has been found. This does not necessarily mean that no effects exist because some past studies were limited in their ability to detect genetic damage.

Frequently Asked Questions - Radiation Effects Research Foundation

I wasnt talking about nuclear warfare, i was merely explaining how radioactive decay takes place and the processes that occur during alpha/beta particle and gamma ray emission from nuclear isotopes.

As for my source, well thats easy, that would be my doctorate in analytical, nuclear, atomic and thermal chemistry buddy

[Mousey]

As for my source, well thats easy, that would be my doctorate in analytical, nuclear, atomic and thermal chemistry buddy

Aaaoooww!! Snap!!

[Lucy Chambers]

I wasnt talking about nuclear warfare, i was merely explaining how radioactive decay takes place and the processes that occur during alpha/beta particle and gamma ray emission from nuclear isotopes.

As for my source, well thats easy, that would be my doctorate in analytical, nuclear, atomic and thermal chemistry buddy

Jeez. Well, I understood the last bit, anyway. Could you run me through that in very simple terms? I always dropped the bunsen burner so they stopped letting me in to chemistry..