Nuclear Bombs

[Franconicus]

http://service.spiegel.de/cache/inte...367260,00.html
This may be interesting. I red his book. It is great, but very frightening!

[rasoforos]

Wow. I m surprise that this article didnt attract any attention.

A very logical and no-nonsence approach to nuclear weapons, their use and their reasons of existence. Not afraid to discuss north korea and the US in an unbiased way too. It wont appeal to those who believe in 'good and evil' countries and other hollywood like nonsence, but I learnt a lot from it.

Thnx for posting this

[Al Khalifah]

Its an old argument (and debate topic) that goes:
Nuclear weapons are the greatest tool of world peace ever invented (discuss).

And you have to think, perhaps they are right.

[Sjakihata]

yes - as long as they arent used

[Franconicus]

I read his book when I was still doung my physics studies. It starts with a description of the first experiments with radioactvity (Hahn, Rutherford, Fermi, ...), to the first theretical models (Bohr ...). Then they describe very detailed the researche done for the Alamo project, the difficulties there and why they started it so on. Very clear, without emotions. Then the bomb trops on Japan. How thes chose the target, the conditions, describtions of the people that survived. I have to admit that I did not sleep very well that week.
After that I started my conscientious objection.

[Dutch_guy]

Its an old argument (and debate topic) that goes:
Nuclear weapons are the greatest tool of world peace ever invented (discuss).

And you have to think, perhaps they are right.

yes perhaps they are... no country is likely to attack with nuclear force if the other country can do it back, milions of lives will fall on either side.
That is also of course what makes those countrys who have ( or can produce ) nuclear weapons so powerfull, and why we fear those who can built those weapons and who are part of that ''Axis of Evil ''
If Iraq had A-boms ( and was capable of firing on short notice ) then the US ( and other country's ) would have definatley taken second thought about invading Iraq and the public would have too.

[Sjakihata]

The main reason for invasion (the public was led to believe) was in fact, beacause Iraq was thought to have WMDs. Luckily, that wasnt true.

[Al Khalifah]

The irony being that if Iraq did have weapons of mass destruction then invasion would have been almost impossible.