Saturday, April 27, 2013

Lawd JESUS, it's a Fire

When I think of nuclear explosions, I think of Chernobyl and of course the nuclear bombings that ended World War II in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One was a nuclear accident, the other one was done on purpose.
The atomic bombs that happened in 1945 happened first. They were used by the United States and they let the world know truly how dangerous and effective nuclear warfare can be. The Chernobyl disaster happened in 1986, and even though this one was an accident, it also let the world know how dangerous the effects of nuclear power can be. The effects of both events can still be seen today.

Below is a map of all of the nuclear explosion that have happened in the world since 1945. We can see the countries that carried them out, when they were carried out, and how big the blasts were.
I think that the scariest thing about this map is the countries with question marks about them. In this day and age, really no good things can come from nuclear weapons. And we have countries that might or might not have nuclear weapons and countries that might or might not have had nuclear tests. Also, you would think that it would be more known to the public about when their governments are performing tests. I would want to know the long lasting repercussions are such tests.
With what is going on in the Korean Peninsula and with also the threat of nuclear weapons possibly being used by both state and non-state actors, I think that this is something to keep on one's mind. And maybe we also need to reconsider anyone, state-actors included, having any form of nuclear power. We have seen how more accidents, like the one that recently happened in Japan can occur at any time.

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