6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Simulated by Underground Nuclear Explosion!

This guy has a better write up on it than me, but mine is a newer upload so it's a little higher in quality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp6aZIhHiRE

Cannikin (5 Megaton Nuclear Device Amchitka, Alaska). Excerpt from "Atomic Journeys: Welcome to Ground Zero". Mind you, the footage is directly above the epicenter, whereas the epicenter of most earthquakes (like the one in Japan) are like a mile or more below the ground and a few miles off-shore. (Don't quote me on that, though). I don't recall how deep this one was buried, but I think 1-2 miles is about right. (Don't quote me on that either!).

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[84WAKEUP]

music is absolutly uneccessary

[rockmetalmanpjm5231]

@rockmetalmanpjm5231 And please don't insult the Russians their lives are equally as important as any other, they play just as large a role in scientific discovery as us all. Take knowledge from war, or those whose lives were lost, lost them in vain. what we can do now is to progress as humanity, to stop hating one another because of differences, and work together.

[rockmetalmanpjm5231]

@Spionsilver

The world has seen the destruction, understands the consequences of nuclear war. that's why the cold war didn't turn into Fallout.

seeing as the latest use of nuclear devices on the island is 1971 you can look forward to now, and understand that we have learned much more than merely spiting atoms. look at a periodic table, element 95 Americium, the result of years of research is now located in you own home, protecting you, saving lives.

[Spionsilver]

@rockmetalmanpjm5231 of course it is not that simple ..otherwise every other stupid lunatic dictator would have built one atomic bomb of his own..

i have no problem at all with science and the need of learning..but i only know a few countrys that drove it to the edge of stupidity..politics were taking over.. ok we have a 11 MT weapon now..lets built and test a 12MT weapon..and the US leads in that stupid nuclear-show-off list close followed by them drunk ones..with their 57MT piece of shit

[rockmetalmanpjm5231]

@rockmetalmanpjm5231

Again i cant stress enough, how researching the topic you are about to have a debate in is critical to having any standing. i don't mean just being able to state trivial facts but a thorough understanding of the mechanics. otherwise you just make a fool of yourself.

[rockmetalmanpjm5231]

@Spionsilver

another side note, if you were paying attention, the blast filmed in this video "was the main motivating factor in the creation of the green peace organization" Mabe just mabe you should look that up.

Stop being butthut about science, when people don't know they sometimes make mistakes,and its our job, as the future of humanity, to learn from them, to know not to make them again.

Also you might want to find out how weapons grade U235 is made, its not as simple as you may think.

[Spionsilver]

@rockmetalmanpjm5231 nice you very much tell me that i should looke at the positive side of nuclear sience.. i would love to ..

but blasting 5MT into the ground or 10MT into a peacefull pacific atoll isn´t anything positive or helpful to look at..just a big devastation show with politics behind it..

the technology is all fine and fascinating but the side-effects are to dangerous and too unsafe for future generations to deal with..where to put all the radioactive waste later??

[Spionsilver]

@rockmetalmanpjm5231 yeah hard to make (in terms of a guy working on it in his garage..)

but easy to build (if you are willing to) in modern labs/facilities which are available in most industrial established countrys..even pakistan knows how to

[rockmetalmanpjm5231]

@rockmetalmanpjm5231

sorry i need to add: a nuclear device such as a Fission or Fusion bomb is incredibly hard to make. Merely isolating enough U235 is a feat in its own, then you have to worry about handling the stuff, oh and creating the right blast that will cause the reaction, OH in if your making a fusion bomb you have to properly shield your Hydrogen source and "fuse it" with another amount of U235. by the time you do this your sitting at home dying of rad sickness with an AR up yourNose

[rockmetalmanpjm5231]

@Spionsilver

Honestly we should be teaching nuclear physics in school at younger ages. the world is evolving, and so is human intelligence. Not all forces observed as destructive are indeed destructive, simply look at dynamite; this TOOL was used to shape your very existence today. You cant tell me that recent developments in nuclear technology are bad, in fact you may wish to take a look at whats know as a Pebble Bed Reactor. stop thinking destructively, it hurts to see someone so low.