Posted on 03/15/2021 5:27:46 PM PDT by ammodotcom
The United States of America can take pride in a number of things, among them arguably the two greatest cultural and scientific achievements of human history: The moon landing and atomic power. It is the latter that we will focus on in the article, the unleashing of the power of the atom, for good and for ill.
America was the first nation to split the atom and applied it immediately to the war effort. It was not for a lack of trying on the part of America’s rivals: Germany famously had their own nuclear program. Less well known is that the Empire of Japan was also looking for a way to weaponize the primal forces of nature.
But America got there first. And their ability to do so not only changed the course of the Second World War, it also changed the course of human history. For the first time ever, mankind has the ability to wipe away human life as we know it at the push of a button. On the other hand, we also have a clean, reliable fuel source that could outstrip all existing sources, if the political will were there.
This is the story of how America unleashed and harnessed the power of nuclear fission, for better or for worse.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammo.com ...
Could the Rosenbergs be executed today?
Sure, Xiden would just outsource it to Iran.
He returned to the UK after the war and eventually was identified through intercepts. After serving prison time, he went to East Germany where he could enjoy that communist paradise.
Well, people who aren't in their right mind. You know . . . liberals.
You know your history.
p
http://www.documentaryarea.tv/player.php?title=Trinity%20and%20Beyond:%20The%20Atomic%20Bomb%20Movie
documentary called Trinity and Beyond. It’s narrated by one William Shatner.
free!
I visited the Trinity site in 1995. It used to be open two days out of the year.
Actually, the main positive effect of "The Bomb" is that now the Politicians who gladly send their young men off to die in war can be placed at the same level of risk as those young men.
Kinda makes them pause... and think a bit.
“An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond This Horizon
We called it M.A.D. - "Mutually Assured Destruction".
Unfortunately, with Biden & Co. bought and paid for, perhaps the Chinese no longer consider it "mutually assured".
Being "Armed" is ineffectual without the Will to use those Arms.
The Soviets were pursuing their own nuke, led by Kurchatov. All the Rosenberg spy ring did was confirm that Kurchatov was on the right track. Later on, the Soviets beat us to first developing a “dry” hydrogen bomb, that effort led by Andrei Sakharov. The same Sakharov who was later a dissident.
I’ve been out there twice over the years. Kinda neat standing at ground zero.
The electric chair came into use because Thomas Edison was an a-hole.
He wanted to make Nikola Tesla’s AC look bad.
Edison also had stray dogs, a horse, and even an elephant, publicly electrocuted to make AC look bad.
I know you did...every 9S did...;)
:)
I forgot if your FR handle was the handle I was trying to remember.
Fact is, a lot of the people who’ve decried the bombing of Japan wouldn’t be here today if Operation Downfall had gone into effect. My own grandfather who served in Europe had been assigned to jungle training shortly before Japan’s surrender.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.