The second (and final ever, so far) atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped by the United States on Nagasaki, Japan on today’s date in 1945. It was detonated at 1800 feet over the city, instantly killing somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people, and leading to many thousands of further deaths in the aftermath.
According to wikipedia, there are currently around 20,000 active nuclear weapons in the world, down from a high of 65,000 in 1985. By far the vast majority of these are owned by the United States and Russia.
and a quote from wikipedia: “most international experts conclude that South Africa has completed its nuclear disarmament. South Africa is the first and to date only country to build nuclear weapons and then entirely dismantle its nuclear weapons program.”
What’s up with the South Africans? What did they do right?
Is there a group of people in the United States and Russia who became enormously wealthy from the production of tens of thousands of nuclear weapons, and now they or their heirs are living off the benefits of that welath?
08-09-2007 |
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