What Happened to the Nuclear Test Sites?

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    Nuclear testing ended over 20 years ago but the legacy of the test areas still remains and will do for hundreds or thousands of years. 8 countries have actively tested nuclear weapons, some in their own backyard if it was big enough like the Soviet Union and the US but they also used others peoples backyards in the Pacific, the British and French did this.
    But what happened to the test sites, in this video we look at the US and Soviet test programs and what became of them and the people nearby.
    This video is sponsored by brilliant.org/curiousdroid
    The first 287 people to apply will get a 20% discount on their yearly Brilliant subscription.
    Presented by Paul Shillito
    Written and researched by Paul Shillito
    Images and Footage
    Atomic energy Commission,
    Dept of Defence,
    University of California / PNAS,
    Carl Willis,
    www.atomiccleanupvets.com,
    US Dept of Energy, AtomicHeritage,
    Laboratory of Environmental Studies
    For more info on the cleanup of the Eniwetok atoll by the US servicemen visit www.atomiccleanupvets.com
    NUPI report in the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing: The humanitarian consequences
    large.stanford.edu/courses/201...
    The periodic table at 1:42 courtesy of Todd Helmenstine, sciencenotes.org
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  • @johnboy14
    @johnboy14 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4370

    Imagine making your own people clean up radioactive waste without proper protection and then denying them compensation. Sickening.

    • @OIFVeteran
      @OIFVeteran 5 ปีที่แล้ว +316

      Russians did that with their own people when Chernobyl had its Reactor #4 meltdown. A lot of workers died because of it.

    • @vincem4756
      @vincem4756 5 ปีที่แล้ว +233

      Imagine doing tests purposely NEAR communities and then testing them like lab rats? Children would go outside and play in the ASH. They knew what they were doing and guess what? They got away with it. We will never know what sick pieces of shit authorized it. It makes you wonder what they are doing to people today?

    • @juanalvarado7794
      @juanalvarado7794 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Thats why i left thr military. Takinh advantage of its own front line support. I'm now 30. Seperated at 22 and now i suffer from Tinnitus from both years, dizziness at times dues to the Tinnitus...😪

    • @CommanderThorn333
      @CommanderThorn333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      OIFVeteran2005 No the russian government didnt betray its people😘. By saying automatically the russians did that too,
      you are showing me your anti and in some ways even racist position against russia.

    • @plutoplayz3968
      @plutoplayz3968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Christopher Marlowe stupid? Nope, the US government doesn’t give a shit about their citizens. Not unless they’re white and rich.

  • @ItsTheMunz
    @ItsTheMunz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1148

    “I think the bombs are working you can stop now.”
    Said no government ever.

    • @Frontier327
      @Frontier327 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      except india

    • @johngaul8929
      @johngaul8929 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you k

    • @nathanlevesque7812
      @nathanlevesque7812 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      They already knew they worked before Hiroshima and Nagasaki, yet they still used Japan as a live testing ground anyway so as to not pass up the unique opportunity to get away with doing that.

    • @sammysusuu
      @sammysusuu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Well those two nukes ended ww2 but started a new abomination Anime

    • @Pumkin932
      @Pumkin932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ha ha nuke go pswoommbshshs

  • @malcolmmarzo2461
    @malcolmmarzo2461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    One of the reasons that nuclear weapons are talked about casually is that few people have seen a nuclear explosion in person. I have. In the 1950's I would go out to the Nevada Test Site with my father to see atomic tests from 30 miles away. Even as a nine year old it was unforgettable to be in the pre-dawn blackness and see the sky light up like noon. Recently people have told me that they could see the horizon light up from Reno, a straight distance of 340 miles from Las Vegas. These Hiroshima-sized bombs were relatively small, being the "primers" for the H-bombs being tested in the Pacific.

    • @stevenqbosell
      @stevenqbosell 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Damn you’re lucky to be alive

    • @jebiniv
      @jebiniv 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The whole idea of the Hydrogen Bomb is just pure insanity. Those things can do easily get out of control. They end up affecting areas way larger than originally “planned”. And if just enough of them go off we could all be in trouble.

    • @jrmoorega
      @jrmoorega 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      - @jebiniv One of the Pacific tests did get out of control exactly as you suggest. Its predicted yield was ~5MT. It produced an explosion of ~15MT.

  • @lawofrence3445
    @lawofrence3445 3 ปีที่แล้ว +562

    “The US mainland has never been invaded or threatened”
    British burning down the White House during the war of 1812:

    • @wall7103
      @wall7103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      "No major attacks."
      What do you call 911?

    • @qualia8892
      @qualia8892 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      @@wall7103 an inside job

    • @wall7103
      @wall7103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@qualia8892 depends on who you talk to i guess.

    • @yungdomino4718
      @yungdomino4718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      You gotta remember, this is from the perspective of a dude whos parents lived through the battle of britain, dunkirk, etc. If I had to choose between 9/11 and the battle of britain, Id choose 9/11 twice. its instances like that hes talking about when he says major attacks

    • @wall7103
      @wall7103 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@yungdomino4718 I guess it's all about perspective.

  • @tulsissurfboard6094
    @tulsissurfboard6094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1359

    I've studied this subject for 20 years. This is a very, very good introduction to the subject. The details are spot on. Quality work.

    • @ShinVega
      @ShinVega 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Where is a good place to find more information on this topic?

    • @ajcook7777
      @ajcook7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Just bloody brilliant just bloody marvelous 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

    • @feeberizer
      @feeberizer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      He didn't even get the first test date correct.

    • @urabitch9218
      @urabitch9218 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Your TH-cam degree is on the way lmao

    • @cruelbritannia4056
      @cruelbritannia4056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The introduction said that America’s mainland has never been invaded (war of 1812 when we burned down the White House) or attacked (9/11). Such a basic historical error by the author of this video I for one will not be watching the rest of this video. The mans clearly a moron.

  • @ronhawkins5636
    @ronhawkins5636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1878

    I worked on Amchitka Island, Alaska in the late 1980s. Three nuclear bombs were exploded by the United States on Amchitka in the 1960s and 70s. Although it was supposedly safe, I have had Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma twice, eventually losing my job, my house, and my voice. Despite working as a contractor for DoD building a radar site on the Island, I was denied ANY compensation what-so-ever. I spent the better part of 5 years contacting U.S. government agencies, congressmen, senators, attorneys, you name it and was still denied because; (1) I was merely a contractor, NOT a federal government employee, and (2) the radiation and other toxic materials were deemed to have been reduced to safe levels. Why then, I still ask, was a remediation team sent to the Island in 2001 with radiation suits, dosimeters, and paid hazardous duty pay if it was safe in 1988? Guess I'll just die a slow, painful death for helping defend my country.

    • @HYEOL
      @HYEOL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      bump

    • @t.m.h.7962
      @t.m.h.7962 5 ปีที่แล้ว +224

      I sorry to hear that, but it sounds like the standard M.O. modus operandi .
      I was in Vietnam 67-68. I was tested for dioxin(agent orange) in feb of 1970. The VA didn't really have a test for it until 1973. Of course I was told it would never affect me. Since the mid 90's I have a condition that causes the bone to deteriorate. The cartilage and joints are also affected.
      going to the VA was a waste of time. The last time I was told I was being taken care of because I have Medicare and private insurance and the VA would have to
      let Medicare handle my case. So hopefully you will live to retire and let medicare take care of you. I don't mean to sound, well, mean, but you can't get SCHIT from the government. Other than whats already in place. You can bet the politicians have a special and much better health insurance plan. Along with drawing their salary for life. Good luck, the govt uses people like schit paper(bathroom tissue).
      The govt meaning the politicians. You would think at least the democrats would understand your problem, they do, but it's screw you they get the first and most of everything. And the country full of people as it is, serve these bastards. I thought it was the other way around, but not so. Oh you were only a contractor, which means you were the finest T.P. Best of Luck

    • @cjumberger7489
      @cjumberger7489 5 ปีที่แล้ว +110

      So sorry to you both

    • @ronhawkins5636
      @ronhawkins5636 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Elvis Morales ??????

    • @PresidentialWinner
      @PresidentialWinner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Damn, i can't believe how much you have gotten fucked by the US government. Silver lining: Good thing you didn't live in Kazakhstan.

  • @diabeticlifewithtim3145
    @diabeticlifewithtim3145 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    It’s immediately clear that a lot of time and effort has gone into not only producing this video, but also the research behind it. Top quality video, highly informative and easy for the layman to understand as there is minimal technical jargon used. This meant that despite my short attention span, I was able to watch the whole video in one sitting and not lose interest! Great work Paul, very impressive!

    • @PNETriffid
      @PNETriffid ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Except that there is an obvious mistake within the first five seconds (the US mainland was attacked during the 1812 War and Washington razed to the ground).

    • @george2113
      @george2113 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@PNETriffid the narrator has English speech patterns

    • @PNETriffid
      @PNETriffid ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@george2113 Indeed he does.

    • @420bengalfan
      @420bengalfan 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PNETriffid was going to comment the same exact thing

    • @gabrielm.4554
      @gabrielm.4554 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@PNETriffidfollowed by saying that trinity happened in May…

  • @patrickbang3037
    @patrickbang3037 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    3:15 lmao imagine coming to las vegas having absolute ZERO knowledge of this and then hear/watch/feel a fucking nuclear blast and see NO BODY is overreacting or going apeshit must be unreal

  • @fidan2fast
    @fidan2fast 3 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    How this passed for normal for so many years amazes me... countless of areas ruined completely, wildlife, plans and water, and people contaminated by fallout throughout the whole world

    • @natowaveenjoyer9862
      @natowaveenjoyer9862 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wish it never stopped passing for normal.

    • @nickbisson8243
      @nickbisson8243 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@natowaveenjoyer9862 mom got you another phone card huh

    • @Aya_Brea1998
      @Aya_Brea1998 ปีที่แล้ว

      Imagine all the planets out there with life that didn't build nuclear energy and a space program and then were vaporized by their own star when it ran out of fuel and went supernova.
      Well that's called the universe you live in you fucking genius.

    • @NoticerOfficial
      @NoticerOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@nickbisson8243 no. He’s right. it should’ve never stopped. should’ve made Ukraine the new test site followed by Mexico and the state of California and New York.
      Just flattened

    • @asdf9890
      @asdf9890 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@NoticerOfficial way to tell your a garbage human without saying so. You really think Russia is going to side with you lot? They'll be the first to take away your freedumb.

  • @herr_panzerfaust2514
    @herr_panzerfaust2514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +832

    And here I am. 4:00 a.m. and listening to Varys speaking about nuclear bombs.

  • @MobiusMinded
    @MobiusMinded 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    My dad was a Marine providing security & witnessed test’s 6, 7 & 8 - Operation Sandstone. He passed away last D-Day at 92, and never had issues.

    • @angelinaofficieletefigjika9902
      @angelinaofficieletefigjika9902 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good job hero

    • @gragor11
      @gragor11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lucky him

    • @rionthemagnificent2971
      @rionthemagnificent2971 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      he dodged a major bullet.. well radioactive bullet. A lot of people in these tests developed cancer and their offspring made after the tests have higher cancer rates than the prior generations. Not to mention (my theory) that the rise in mental illnesses worldwide are due to global fallout.

  • @TylerWest1776
    @TylerWest1776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I bought 21 grams of trinitite from Atomic Rock Shop a few months back. Three tubes of 7 grams in each one. The glassy trinitite rocks are really cool to look at especially in the sunlight. The amount of energy released from nuclear explosions is scary.

    • @thomasmleahy6218
      @thomasmleahy6218 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed, they figure a mass equal to a dime (US coin) was converted to energy. Mind boggling!

    • @frankherman5195
      @frankherman5195 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice souvenior idiot

  • @storminator60
    @storminator60 4 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    My father was in the army and was a (minor) part of Operation Castle. He watched the first five tests, including Castle Bravo. In later years, he lost half of a lung to cancer, and had several other cancer problems. The government paid him $200K in compensation.

    • @Page-Hendryx
      @Page-Hendryx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wonder how much of his tobacco habit contributed.

    • @slippinjimmy6511
      @slippinjimmy6511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@Page-Hendryx can you confirm if he even had a tobacco habit?

    • @C00LI0DUDE
      @C00LI0DUDE ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@slippinjimmy6511 "my father was in the army"

    • @earlysda
      @earlysda ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@Page-Hendryx Exactly, Page, everybody wants to score easy dollars.

    • @Mijja12Brorson
      @Mijja12Brorson ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Atomic bombs is the only thing that giving me creeps

  • @davefan9633
    @davefan9633 4 ปีที่แล้ว +341

    This video is very informative and must have taken significant amount of research. Thank you for taking the time and make this available on youtube

    • @wisdommakubile2127
      @wisdommakubile2127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      for real, each and every piece of information they gave us was interesting

    • @cruelbritannia4056
      @cruelbritannia4056 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mate are you serious?

    • @johnbockelie3899
      @johnbockelie3899 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Made great ideas for 1950's monster movies.

    • @Wings80
      @Wings80 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What? He is wrong on a lot of information. For one he gets the first test date wrong. It was July 16th not May.

  • @DanM-ys5pz
    @DanM-ys5pz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The heat radiation effect right before the shock wave hitting those buildings is so eerie. The highest SPF sunblock ain't gonna save you from a face melting experience like that.

  • @Rawlingm
    @Rawlingm 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    My grandfather was on the government science team that went over during the operation to seal off the plutonium. But when he got older he would say a lot of stuff he shouldn’t say lol. And one of things I remember him telling us was that the clean up was a cover up and they were there to actually take a lot of the plutonium lol

    • @machupikachu1085
      @machupikachu1085 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      makes sense.

    • @rionthemagnificent2971
      @rionthemagnificent2971 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No need to leave fuel left behind, especially when Commies are around.. can't trust the USSR / Chinese.

  • @IronWarrior4Ever
    @IronWarrior4Ever 4 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    Over 800 tests, because they didn't get enough tests to test if tests are good tests for testing.

    • @ghostf6321
      @ghostf6321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      We were pretty much in a dick waving contest with the Soviet Union.

    • @suspiciousdoge9yand104
      @suspiciousdoge9yand104 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      test my testicles

    • @ghostf6321
      @ghostf6321 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @Cameron Moore yea I guess that explains your ideology.
      The man who led the Manhattan project was a Jew. We wouldn't have the bomb at all if it weren't for a jew. Do you think Jews are some kind of hive mind monolith? There were Jewish people loyal to the USSR and some who were loyal to the USA. Some Christians were loyal to the allies and some to the axis its not abnormal.
      Groups of people and religions are way more complex and nuanced than you think they are. To sum any major religion as some kind of monolith is honestly moronic and people who believe that there is some naffarious Kabal controlling everything are typically people who are scared at the prospect the world is chaotic place.

    • @duke_of_destruction
      @duke_of_destruction 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's testy !!!

    • @goosesteppa7642
      @goosesteppa7642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jewdo Master You and the other smarters knew before the tests....

  • @WarpedPerception
    @WarpedPerception 6 ปีที่แล้ว +332

    Hard to imagine the amount of pressure and heat within that 1 meter radius around the nuke when detonated. A lot of weird things happening under those circumstances.... Awesome episode !

    • @GameBrosMS
      @GameBrosMS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Warped is thinking right now: "how could i make a See-through nuclear bomb" :D

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Curious Droid: that research into miniature nuclear explosives was also related to Project Orion, IIRC. Some of the Orion team were concerned that the same technology used to make nuclear propulsive devices for spacecraft also made it easier to construct small, easily proliferated weapons.

    • @InsanoBinLooney
      @InsanoBinLooney 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      One of the concepts involved in project Orion's nuclear propulsion system was the use of nuclear shape charges. One of the physicists involved apparently claimed a 1 kiloton Nuclear shape charge device could theoretically drill a 10 foot hole a thousand feet deep through solid rock. That's what I call a bunker-buster!

    • @RCAvhstape
      @RCAvhstape 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Would that be the Casawba Howitzer?

    • @InsanoBinLooney
      @InsanoBinLooney 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      "Would that be the Casawba Howitzer?" .....one of a few versions of it.

  • @jordanforbes2557
    @jordanforbes2557 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Horrific what governments are willing to do, and how many lives they are willing to put at risk. One thing I wonder is the effect these tests had on the wildlife in the area.

    • @slippinjimmy6511
      @slippinjimmy6511 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I read in the 50’s-60’s there was a movie being shot near one of the test sites and a the crew ended up dying of cancer later on in their lives. I’m sure this had a toll on the wildlife as well

    • @kiwitrainguy
      @kiwitrainguy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@slippinjimmy6511 The movie you're thinking of might be the one that starred John Wayne who died prematurely of cancer in 1979.

    • @felipeaguena5289
      @felipeaguena5289 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Can you imagine the amount of disease this shit has caused in people over the years...this is borderline criminal morality wise

    • @harryfallius7470
      @harryfallius7470 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maybe we should require that the politicians, military brass and the scientists who were involved in the development of these weapons stand in front row of the spectators at each test explosion.

  • @InservioLetum
    @InservioLetum 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    19:17 I don't know how, but that shirt is louder than any bomb test

  • @sizanogreen9900
    @sizanogreen9900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +324

    Kinda horrifying that we almost lost the galapagos islands to this period of insanity.

    • @clray123
      @clray123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      This is not over, pretty much same people still in charge. "Democratically elected".

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@clray123 Yeah but at least we don't go exploding nukes all over the place for science anymore. We have to start somewhere, right?

    • @samuelnesbitt6870
      @samuelnesbitt6870 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sizanogreen9900 but... we still have nukes, that's a problem right

    • @mr.boomguy
      @mr.boomguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Period of insanity, are the perfect description for the Cold war.
      Couldn't say it better.

    • @sizanogreen9900
      @sizanogreen9900 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@samuelnesbitt6870 yeah it is. But if you expect humanity to get rid of all its problems at once you are out of luck with this civilisation.

  • @theguy81642
    @theguy81642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    My grandfather worked on the Manhattan Project he was a theoretical physicist, and was a dear friend of Robert Oppenheimer. I have photos of him at the Trinity testing site as they were constructing the Trinity device.

  • @hengstus8411
    @hengstus8411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    11:55 is quite terrifying

  • @matthewmcpadden2017
    @matthewmcpadden2017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Outstandingly informative and quality video on the subject. Good stuff!

  • @davidhartman6279
    @davidhartman6279 4 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    If this doesn't tell you about your government,nothing will

    • @xybrpnk8904
      @xybrpnk8904 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      governments are the largest homicidal organisation in the history of humanity.

    • @adamkiehl2316
      @adamkiehl2316 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And what exactly did it tell you?

    • @kinghoola4926
      @kinghoola4926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they are just sick people who like explosions.

    • @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening
      @CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Basically if it exists the government will try to make a weapon out of it

    • @LiterallyWho1917
      @LiterallyWho1917 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@xybrpnk8904 The state is a monopoly on violence at it's core. It serves as an advantage that it prevents random acts of violence, anarchy and rule by force, but a disadvantage that when they DO commit violence for their own means it is on a scale that is unmatched. What really matters though is who is running the show and what is motivating them.

  • @TheRealGPope
    @TheRealGPope 4 ปีที่แล้ว +359

    The Pilot who dropped the Tsar Bomb resigning was probably like: "Ight imma head out"

    • @niels1755
      @niels1755 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Imagine being in a plane and "dropping" 1full km because of the shockwave of package you just dropped. They probably wrote him off, but the pilot was lucky...

    • @kinghoola4926
      @kinghoola4926 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      he was most definitely not told what he was dropping.... otherwise no one would come up for the job.

    • @maroguy
      @maroguy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      He knew to hit the gas after the drop so he definitely knew it was sumthin big

    • @sonicdoesfrontflips
      @sonicdoesfrontflips 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That was not 2019, so no, he probably wasn't like that

    • @frens_till_the_end
      @frens_till_the_end 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kinghoola4926 um... no he was interviewed and he knew exactly what he was doing.

  • @Daniel-zr4uc
    @Daniel-zr4uc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for the extremely good and informative video Varys!

  • @NLynchOEcake
    @NLynchOEcake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Came into this expecting something like "oh this one is so old it's not a problem" and "well that one's so far away it doesn't matter" and "well we cleaned up that one" and left feeling, well shit dude. We're all part of this. Every second of this vid hit hard.

  • @venator-classstardestroyer568
    @venator-classstardestroyer568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +573

    Atolls are such unique places that provide a habitat to a variety to species. And those idiots just decided to nuke them. It's insane what people can do.

    • @AtemiRaven
      @AtemiRaven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      What amazes me is the sheer number of tests. I could understand a few of them because it was truly unknown and untested tech and they did learn some useful things from it.
      But after like a dozen tests they weren't even learning anything much anymore.
      Yet they conducted thousands of tests...
      They were wholly meant as propaganda after a certain point. Basically poisoning their own people to metaphorically wave their dick at the Soviets, and the Soviets did the same.

    • @cosmossci4883
      @cosmossci4883 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Sadly most people only care about other humans, and their pets. Most don't take the time to realize how sensitive some ecosystems are, and how some unique species depend entirely on those ecosystems. Mankind is the only organism on earth who can either save the planet, and the various lifeforms on it, or destroy it. I guess that shows that collectively we aren't as intelligent as some would like to believe.

    • @overcookedwater1947
      @overcookedwater1947 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      But hey. Atleast we got SpongeBob now :>

    • @steviepigford8485
      @steviepigford8485 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Psychopaths in our government...
      Which ones are worst THE ONES DESTROYING OUR PLANET OR The serial killers

    • @venator-classstardestroyer568
      @venator-classstardestroyer568 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Stevie Pigford It's difficult to compare two evils, but if you go by numbers then the government is worse than a serial killer. And not only did the serial killer kill less people, the government even gets away with it.

  • @stumpypetros2685
    @stumpypetros2685 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    8:02 Same deal with the Aboriginals at Maralinga.. "Accidently" classed as uninhabited by the testing group, the area was still used by the Aboriginals and they were probably a live test just like the Degelen peoples.

  • @barneylinet6602
    @barneylinet6602 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Even more worrisome than weapon test sites is the huge amount of radioactive byproducts generated by the processing of ores and synthesis of nuclear materials. Mountains of highly radioactive materials that are not very well confined.

  • @sleepingcoconut7164
    @sleepingcoconut7164 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I learned so many things today, thank you!

  • @ProfSimonHolland
    @ProfSimonHolland 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1665

    Fascinating and comprehensive well told film.

    • @jamesjross
      @jamesjross 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      And I didn't see one black person in the whole film.

    • @deocap4675
      @deocap4675 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Jamie Ross Quit whining

    • @byronyorks9734
      @byronyorks9734 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      story of our abuse by those we trusted with our care!

    • @devonalomar9012
      @devonalomar9012 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      byron yorks Agreed. Stupid British government.

    • @wsg4847
      @wsg4847 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Jamie Ross, and there were no women, trans or gays. SJWs, Battle Stations!

  • @TheManlol12
    @TheManlol12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2010

    Thank you Lord Varys. Did your little birds bring you this information?

    • @ezcoreg759
      @ezcoreg759 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      😂😂😂😂

    • @kodyperreault4296
      @kodyperreault4296 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      “Tyrion let the eunuch help him mount. "Lord Varys," he said from the saddle, "sometimes I feel as though you are the best friend I have in King's Landing and sometimes I feel you are my worst enemy."
      "How odd. I think quite the same of you.”
      ― George R.R. Martin, A Clash of Kings

    • @ArcadeMusicTribute
      @ArcadeMusicTribute 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hahaha

    • @vp3179
      @vp3179 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahahahhaa

    • @kittysplode
      @kittysplode 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      *gropes to check for genitals*

  • @Michael-ys5cn
    @Michael-ys5cn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great informative video. Everything I have researched on my own is here!
    Thank you sir for this, easy to share

  • @alexbooyse9053
    @alexbooyse9053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Terrifying that humans would want to do this to other humans

    • @SammyJ26
      @SammyJ26 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It is inevitable; man is divided by ethnicity and nationality

    • @alexbooyse9053
      @alexbooyse9053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@SammyJ26 and tribe, and resource, and values, agenda... basically an identity problem

    • @dayanandt3016
      @dayanandt3016 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Country of crime

    • @ZetaReticuli87
      @ZetaReticuli87 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      And can you imagine what an alien civilization would be able to produce in terms of weapons of mass destruction. Antimatter bomb or something.

    • @tristanobrien4096
      @tristanobrien4096 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ZetaReticuli87 Interesting thought. Could be an option. However, would they really? Let's say that an intelligent, extra terrestrial civilisation, from so far away that we can't find them, that would be able to travel here in a flash, really have annihilation on the top of their to-do list? I don't know the answer to that one either, but I hope that they would wish us 'live long and prosper' #differentperspective

  • @TheJwbooth
    @TheJwbooth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Exactly what they told my dad when he brought up his medical expenses. He wasnt part of the cleanup, he and others observed bomb tests from a nearby
    Island the went to the bomb site to take notes. I asked him what kind of protective gear they had while inspecting the nuclear debris. He said they told them to look away during the blast but when they tested they tested the h-bomb they were given dark glasses and told to hold their arms across their for the blast. With his eyes closed, dark glasses and his arm across his eyes, he said he saw his arm bone like an x-ray. He couldnt be compensated because his injuries were not combat related.

  • @ethicalelectricalgroupltd3153
    @ethicalelectricalgroupltd3153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    Imagine all the animals and sea life that were obliterated during these tests plus the ones that didn’t and the ongoing health defects they have felt! Boggles the mind to think what they’ve done!

    • @michac.8283
      @michac.8283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bikini atol is doing great right now when it comes to wildlife. The sunken ship even became its own reef with many plants and animals living inside

    • @muskiet8687
      @muskiet8687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@michac.8283
      I'm sure the vaporized wildlife and people who got cancer are grateful about all of that.
      Do you think it would have done great, or even better if they didn't nuke the area first?
      Well... at least there's now a sunken ship that became its own reef I guess.

    • @michac.8283
      @michac.8283 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@muskiet8687 sure, i think it would be much better without the explosion, i only wanted to say it's not a wasteland

    • @liriani
      @liriani 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      well thats what happen when spongebob commits war crimes on bikini bottom

    • @stefanlurxl2139
      @stefanlurxl2139 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ..but it is all caused only by Fukushima..

  • @dkay6176
    @dkay6176 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's actually the best nuclear doco I have seen so far good job

  • @caroldixon7796
    @caroldixon7796 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @AWMJoeyjoejoe
    @AWMJoeyjoejoe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    "They irradiated their own planet??" Quark, DS9 episode 'Little Green Men.'

    • @Oscar.Blake1
      @Oscar.Blake1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yep

    • @power2084
      @power2084 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I thought of exactly that, too

  • @PapaShango619
    @PapaShango619 4 ปีที่แล้ว +159

    Interesting the pilot of the Tsar Bomba resigned shortly after.

    • @themajor743
      @themajor743 4 ปีที่แล้ว +101

      Probably figured that being an experienced nuclear test pilot he would get tagged for the next test as well. After getting almost knocked out of the sky once he decided not to push his luck.

    • @wollywolly2734
      @wollywolly2734 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@themajor743 I call BS

    • @Solid_Snake88
      @Solid_Snake88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      PapaShango619 he thought they would drop other bombs and more powerful and call him to do it

    • @francisconikotian2326
      @francisconikotian2326 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      you think they made him resign with a bullet?

    • @vidrabagoly4246
      @vidrabagoly4246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You misspelled liquified.

  • @imgonnastealyourgirl
    @imgonnastealyourgirl ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent work man.

  • @jamsbong
    @jamsbong 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for making this and other informative videos

  • @pythregius
    @pythregius 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The cold war, the only war where two country's didn't kill each other but instead their own people...

    • @goosesteppa7642
      @goosesteppa7642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cameron Moore Yankers wacked a few of their own aswell. I thought!

    • @TobeornottooB
      @TobeornottooB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That is what governments do.

    • @goosesteppa7642
      @goosesteppa7642 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TobeornottooB Force taxes and murder.

    • @goosesteppa7642
      @goosesteppa7642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Cameron Moore Duck and cover!

    • @MrCmon113
      @MrCmon113 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Cameron Moore
      Yeah if anything it got much better after Stalin's death.

  • @alcr3351
    @alcr3351 4 ปีที่แล้ว +355

    “Main land has never been invaded”
    Mans forgot 1812

    • @ImKiNgKiLLa46
      @ImKiNgKiLLa46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      "Or had any major attack."
      Mans forgot September 11

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@ImKiNgKiLLa46 9/11isnt really a mayor atack
      It was just 5 buildings
      Nothing compared to the wars in europe or other countries

    • @ImKiNgKiLLa46
      @ImKiNgKiLLa46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@jesusramirezromo2037 do you know anything about September 11!? Because it changed everything... global security, political climate and international involvement in middle east and the war on terror alot of things would be different today if 9/11 didnt happen

    • @jesusramirezromo2037
      @jesusramirezromo2037 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@ImKiNgKiLLa46 Dosen't mean it was a mayor atack
      The US just is overprotective

    • @ImKiNgKiLLa46
      @ImKiNgKiLLa46 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jesusramirezromo2037 okay then? If 911 wasn't a major attack, what is considered a major attack in comparison?

  • @FrenkMelk
    @FrenkMelk ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for such an informative video, Lord Varys.

  • @mopnem
    @mopnem 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is one of my favorite channels period at this point content speaking

  • @goldboss7929
    @goldboss7929 5 ปีที่แล้ว +222

    Las Vegas you mean New Vegas

    • @maarten9272
      @maarten9272 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Good work soldier, keep killing those commies.

    • @goldboss7929
      @goldboss7929 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@maarten9272 Jingle Jangle intensifies

    • @36dumbdumb
      @36dumbdumb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Greatest name ever....

    • @warriorforyah777
      @warriorforyah777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Welcome to the fallout baby

    • @eugenkramaric1173
      @eugenkramaric1173 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good one : )

  • @cassidybrash4243
    @cassidybrash4243 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    As an Aussie, I was just learning about the British nuclear tests conducted in Australia. Some in the outback really messed up the Aboriginal population with the fallout. Thankfully the site was properly cleaned up almost half a century later and compensation was paid to the aborigines. Although money could never truly mend that damage, it is nice to see a story where something was actually attempted.

    • @phillipbridge5009
      @phillipbridge5009 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Listen all the way through this about Aussie and if you think it resonates please send out:
      th-cam.com/video/KJGJzl_-B8c/w-d-xo.html

    • @machupikachu1085
      @machupikachu1085 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Like that's the first bad treatment the Aboriginals have received.

  • @kevinheard8364
    @kevinheard8364 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You have over a million subscribers; and deservedly so.... a wonderful channel... unqualified. A mostly personal comment if I may: I am about to undergo what I hope is a DaVinci Robotic assisted prostate surgery. My recently installed Uro-Lift has failed... unbelievable discomfort. So thankful knowing of your surgical success. Merry Christmas, sir, to you and yours.

  • @raksjs
    @raksjs ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow. This is a fascinating and insightful video! thank you!

  • @howihoward3419
    @howihoward3419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Don't like the feeling knowing there are complete mad men with access to this kind of power.

    • @Simp44
      @Simp44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Like the President of the USA.

    • @Jarek_73
      @Jarek_73 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      These mad men had to get ready for world war which was planned by communists. If these mad men had not done these tests and preferred peace instead, you would be speaking Russian or Chinese these days. On the other hand all their job was in vain because you have already sold the whole U.S. to China without a single shot, so you are partly right - it was meaningless.

    • @geneperry9051
      @geneperry9051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lets go to the nude beach

    • @nothingbutlove4886
      @nothingbutlove4886 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Bad Cattitude But occasionally there is someone crazy enough to do this and in this case it only needs one.

    • @factorylad5071
      @factorylad5071 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @aranafrizzel you will then be amazed to know that a guy stopped his car in the fast lane of the westbound M62 with the lights out at night on an unlit section . And waited.... and he was a psychiatric nurse lol.

  • @sammeo
    @sammeo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    attack your enemy twice and attack your citizens several hundred times. priorities!

  • @shadowpanther298
    @shadowpanther298 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ive always been curious about this. Very interesting video!

  • @janmcguire5268
    @janmcguire5268 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It’s horrifying to know what humans are capable of.

  • @BertieFett
    @BertieFett 6 ปีที่แล้ว +319

    Fascinating but terrifying video. One of your best mr droid

    • @willietheboggle3954
      @willietheboggle3954 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Terrifying because propaganda works on sheeple. Keep eating your fast food and blame your cancer on the nukes.

    • @redfern_mike
      @redfern_mike 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      One of your worst Droid. Your CC's are vastly different to the actual voice content

    • @Supernoxus
      @Supernoxus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      mc dadio, when you live in an area heavily contanimated with radioactive material, then eating fast food is the least of your problems.

  • @TuhinBagh
    @TuhinBagh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    Lord Varys? Is that you? :O

    • @Draxis32
      @Draxis32 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      No it's just Fester Addams.

    • @TuhinBagh
      @TuhinBagh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He might me faceless god! You never know... ;)

    • @hittinglicks577
      @hittinglicks577 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      :v

    • @edgardcruz1877
      @edgardcruz1877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was looking for this coment... XD

    • @Basih
      @Basih 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I too was looking for this comment :D

  • @StaaaRzXD
    @StaaaRzXD 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you master of whispers, well put

  • @tech4976
    @tech4976 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video… thank you!!

  • @mennis9736
    @mennis9736 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    The Tsar Bomb could literally wipe out my whole country in the snap of a finger

    • @jow8480
      @jow8480 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Should be name that after Thanos 😂

    • @alexae1367
      @alexae1367 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yeah... where's that then?

    • @bradleyweiss1089
      @bradleyweiss1089 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The shockwave went three times around the world. It woke up everyone.

    • @alekzandaaaaaaa
      @alekzandaaaaaaa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Chandler Howard damn u old old

    • @ququ1639
      @ququ1639 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Netherlands huh?🇳🇱😂

  • @icepl4net
    @icepl4net 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Atomic shirt on today

    • @shaneelliott136
      @shaneelliott136 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Really, that shirt is dope. Can you provide a link, please?

  • @f.joebidencommunistpartyof4156
    @f.joebidencommunistpartyof4156 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great information!

  • @petermoore8811
    @petermoore8811 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The level of new facts is astounding in your videos. Thank you for the inspiring and truly mind boggling vids. Great job

  • @cykikvisage
    @cykikvisage 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I've been watching for a few weeks or months now. Thought I'd just comment to let you know I found your channel in the sidebar list after a Scott Manley video. Love your videos, especially liked the one covering the Shuttle launches. Shame you had to cut some of the footage. Cheers!

  • @whitesharkcafe1207
    @whitesharkcafe1207 5 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    This was well put together. Very comprehensive

    • @atomicwedgie8176
      @atomicwedgie8176 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except for the rising sea level fantasy...wave action from storms is the cause of leeching.

  • @stephenjames4937
    @stephenjames4937 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating. Thank you for this.

  • @josephhuether1184
    @josephhuether1184 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great piece.

  • @kiwihame
    @kiwihame 6 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    With so much poorly researched rubbish on You Tube it's so refreshing to see such a well researched and documented piece. Well done. Liked and Subscribed.

    • @devonalomar9012
      @devonalomar9012 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hamish Lamont Well researched and full of omissions. Ask Australians affected by British fallout.

    • @johnSmith-my9yj
      @johnSmith-my9yj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      However: 1:28 "and even using the massive X-10 graphite reactor... it would take years to get enough uranium 235 for just one one bomb".
      He should have said: "even using the massive K-25 gaseous diffusion, Y-12 electromagnetic separation, and S-50 liquid thermal diffusion plant...". Those 3 plants were built to enrich uranium, the X-10 had nothing to do with enrichment, it produced plutonium.

    • @sylla2
      @sylla2 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      john Smith : But.. Then It WOULD have actually taken them years.. If they HAD used the X-10.. Hmm.. A paradox..

    • @LCARSDATANODE
      @LCARSDATANODE 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The first statement of the US never being invaded was dead wrong. Pancho Villa did so. how do you figure it was so well researched?

    • @JayGriffinblaze
      @JayGriffinblaze 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Wait you consider a raid by 100 and later 600 Mexican revolutionaries on a small town where only 18 Americans were killed for which the government responded by sending 5,000 troops, fresh new battle tech, and a US army general a major invasion? That's laughable.

  • @emrepolat01
    @emrepolat01 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    One of the best video ever made on this subject. Thank you very much for uploading!

  • @luisrodrigues1630
    @luisrodrigues1630 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a seriously good channel. 👍

  • @vejet
    @vejet 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow thanks for sharing those video's of the runit dome's construction, never seen those before

  • @georgiosrinakakis934
    @georgiosrinakakis934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +163

    One of the most saddest videos on youtube.. Don't take my words wrong, it is a GREAT video.
    "Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap."

    • @ivankaleoniefuchs333
      @ivankaleoniefuchs333 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Many sad videos on TH-cam, also sadly many have been shown to have much error, und NOT to be exactly accurate. However, this has never surprised me. TH-cam ist infested with CGI, Photoshop, Cults, Cons, und Idiots now who will believe almost anything that just anyone wants to show them it seems...smiles I don't have enough interest in this video topic to warrant use of my personal for "Proper Unbiased Research Method" to determine if everything ist factual und it has all necessary information pertaining to the events.
      Maybe one day, someone will provide such proof, proper documents, etc...rather than simply relying on TH-cam videos that can never be trusted to provide complete truth.
      I mean really...What dummy would ever believe that anyone on TH-cam could be privileged to secret information, or to have all of the facts related to any topic or conspiracy? TH-cam? Really?...LOL

    • @Amphitera
      @Amphitera 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that's because mice are actually smart.

    • @georgiosrinakakis934
      @georgiosrinakakis934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Uni BlackSister en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein#World_War_II_and_the_Manhattan_Project

    • @hej4313
      @hej4313 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      that's because mice eat tehir children instead of coming up with new shit

    • @jgedutis
      @jgedutis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's because mice don't have opposable thumbs

  • @stiimuli
    @stiimuli 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Its nice to see Fester Adams is keeping himself busy on TH-cam after those movies years ago.

    • @sandman.38
      @sandman.38 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      stiimuli HAHAHAHAHAHA

  • @armandoj.acevedoosorio4516
    @armandoj.acevedoosorio4516 ปีที่แล้ว

    EXCELLENT REPORT!!!

  • @Sillyworld82
    @Sillyworld82 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's stories like this that remind us how little our own governments care about us. Even now were bogged down in trivial "culture" wars while our air, water and livable land diminish consistently right in front of our very eyes :(

  • @ryanleahy934
    @ryanleahy934 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I’m glad Varys from Game of thrones found work after the series finale.

    • @jekanyika
      @jekanyika 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's a eunuch though.

  • @KimmyR3
    @KimmyR3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +280

    Varys, how about Wildfire that Cersei used in King's Landing?

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      dear god, i wish those weren't radioactive...

    • @besg5725
      @besg5725 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      KimmyR3 chaos is a ladder

    • @CreamyGoodness
      @CreamyGoodness 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      KimmyR3 was just about to comment something like this hahaha

    • @KimmyR3
      @KimmyR3 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol. was LMAO when I first saw this. too much GOT for me I guess. :D

    • @Kr4zYm0f0
      @Kr4zYm0f0 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      You mean Greek Fire?

  • @peterphilstacey4698
    @peterphilstacey4698 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your always so listenable.

  • @thomasmleahy6218
    @thomasmleahy6218 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When it comes to atmo nuke tests, there isn't really a remote location, because the radioactive particles find their way to both hemispheres.
    Thank you, SIR curious droid 👍👍🤗
    And TTFN.

  • @beingsentient
    @beingsentient 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Paul, your videos are very well researched and contain some of the most pressing issues that the US public should have in their awareness. Thank you.

  • @AJ-mw4nb
    @AJ-mw4nb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thank you for hosting this video Lord Varis.

  • @michaelbaysorensen
    @michaelbaysorensen 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good video thanks

  • @josephj7387
    @josephj7387 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing content!! and man oh man do I love that shirt !!

  • @nicosmind3
    @nicosmind3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +561

    Pretty sure many people will know this but the Soviets used Nukes to seal oil wells. Cause there were oil wells when drilled, where under so much pressure that equipment couldn't handle it, and those wells were so huge they would have leaked for years. So they drilled parallel to the bore hole, exploded a nuke which shifted the earth and sealed the well. And did that more than once!!

    • @nicosmind3
      @nicosmind3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Curious Droid So far have only found the propaganda film explaining how they sealed this well, but if you can find footage of the environmental fallout from these accidents it's a sight to behold and well worth it. I'm talking black rain and a vision from hell. This video is very tame in comparison.
      th-cam.com/video/CpPNQoTlacU/w-d-xo.html

    • @alabamacoastie6924
      @alabamacoastie6924 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Curios Droid videos are usually very interesting. Unfortunately, the holier-than-thou, politically correct slant you insert, tends to degrade them.

    • @chillinchum
      @chillinchum 6 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      Kent Smellman "holier than though, politically correct slant"?
      I don't see it.

    • @puncheex2
      @puncheex2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It is often said that industrial use of nukes was never proved out useful, usually because of the radioactivity. However, in the USSR, they systematically geologically probed the underground structures using nuclear bombs as a part of their "Nuclear Explosions for the National Economy" program. That survey's results were never released, but it is believed that Russian geologists have gleaned a lot of knowledge about oil and gas exploration on the cheap by these tests. All were relatively small devices, a half-mile or deeper.

    • @TheUglyGnome
      @TheUglyGnome 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      "holier than though, politically correct slant" is Alt-Right-Justice-Warrior slang for speech not consisting solely of short and stupid slogans

  • @Papershields001
    @Papershields001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1563

    “Never been invaded nor had a serious attack”? What about the British in DC?

    • @Citiboi324
      @Citiboi324 6 ปีที่แล้ว +106

      And dolly Madison throwing pictures from the burning White House and James Madison having to command the army from the front lines

    • @richardwhidden
      @richardwhidden 6 ปีที่แล้ว +254

      Yep.. War of 1812 does come to mind.

    • @benjels2421
      @benjels2421 6 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      Also, Japanese invasion of Alaska in WW2

    • @acid357
      @acid357 6 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Battle of New Orleans?

    • @unitedstatesofamerica8274
      @unitedstatesofamerica8274 6 ปีที่แล้ว +152

      And japanese attack pearl harbor

  • @commanderscotch6580
    @commanderscotch6580 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video

  • @innerworth
    @innerworth ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Tons of really interesting facts here, many thanks. The amount of tests conducted is criminal really, along with the fact that they were conducted in other countries with a rich ecosystem of wildlife is an even bigger crime.

  • @williamwurthmann1573
    @williamwurthmann1573 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I am old enough to remember most of this...Thank God we are still here.

  • @christhornley1664
    @christhornley1664 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The first man-made nuclear explosion, "Trinity", took place on 16th July 1945, not 16th May. Just over three weeks later, the same designed nuclear device, known as "Fat Man" was exploded above the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9th 1945.

  • @babayagaslobbedaknobba
    @babayagaslobbedaknobba 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a cool video, Lord Varus!

  • @ValGuard4801
    @ValGuard4801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    A terrifying showing of just how little human lives truly mean to government bodies.

  • @CompleteAnimation
    @CompleteAnimation 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I'm curious. If treaties allowed for one nuclear test today, as an international experiment, what would modern scientists want to learn? What's some vital bit of data that can't be learned from simulations, and couldn't have been collected back when tests were originally being performed? How would this test differ from old ones? Where would they detonate it?

    • @patrickpelzmann5371
      @patrickpelzmann5371 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      jodudeit Well, maybee it would be interesting to see if a nuclear device could be used to destroy dangerous asteroids or something like that. A test in Space would also mean little to no contamination. Maybee the explosion could be used for the Apollo seismic experiment on the moon, previously they crashed empty rocket stages, to create small moonquakes.

    • @raintrain9921
      @raintrain9921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      jodudeit people seriously over estimate the capabilities of simulations, fluid mechanics is one of the most difficult areas to simulate things accurately, let alone when you involve hypersonic fluid flow and plasma. It's the same reason why we need to build fusion reactors to learn more about nuclear fusion, because it's to complicated to simulate accurately.

    • @ervorpagel
      @ervorpagel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I know the man who developed the software for modeling nuclear bombs. Rather than model fluid mechanics and other atmospheric behavior, the critical need is to know whether a bomb will still work, Plutonium changes its shape as it decays over time and because shape is critical for high yield, they need to know when to remold the Pu disks. After 7 to 8 years, the bombs will not work will. That is why the SCUD missiles launched against Israel by Saddam Hussein did not work. They were old Soviet bombs. Fun Fact, not fake news.

    • @raintrain9921
      @raintrain9921 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Erich Vorpagel wow interesting, I was more saying why we run tests on things in general, computer models tell you alot but ultimately they're making tons of simplifications, which is why mesurments are valuable. Hence why so many bombs had different yields than predicted (which is entirely related to how much of the fuel is actually used as you said)

    • @FirstLast-fr4hb
      @FirstLast-fr4hb 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      An interesting thought.

  • @daddycool7569
    @daddycool7569 5 ปีที่แล้ว +196

    How much time and money wasted to see how human race can be devastated.

    • @dennishutton4447
      @dennishutton4447 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      David Hass gg

    • @axion4523
      @axion4523 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      & lives.

    • @biggawinnacrapsa3870
      @biggawinnacrapsa3870 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If it brings Earth back to pristine condition then it was money well spent.

    • @WorthlessDeadEnd
      @WorthlessDeadEnd 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Not just human race. Think of all the sea life that was affected by our scientific curiosity.

    • @mikehunt8375
      @mikehunt8375 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Exactly! We ALL should have stopped the government in there tracks back then! Now it's to late. We wouldn't even be able to put a dent in the military industrial complex now even if everyone on the planet joined together. It's a shame. We shouldn't be living life like this. All that money they take in one year could solve the worlds problems. But instead we just sit back and let this bs continue...

  • @fran-cola491
    @fran-cola491 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    A very good video!!!

  • @jonlitch52
    @jonlitch52 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this presenter, very good documentaries

  • @william840
    @william840 4 ปีที่แล้ว +725

    “Since the formation of the United States, it’s mainland has never been invaded”
    *Laughs in Canadian*

    • @fernbedek6302
      @fernbedek6302 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Well, it was mostly troops from Britain who burnt down DC. But that just makes them forgetting it odder.

    • @romansochacki7678
      @romansochacki7678 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @Ultra CNC actually in the war of 1812 the US got stupidly lucky for the second time against the British (Canadians included). They got their asses kicked very badly for most of the war including having it's capital burned down, didn't actually win the war, and got off the hook over in favor of what was going on in Europe at the time. (The escalation of the Neapolitanonic wars in mainland Europe) So STFU!

    • @BigMrFirebird
      @BigMrFirebird 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @Ultra CNC Actually you're the fucking idiot. For denying actual history - 1812 and for making no substantive comments of your own. Now go watch your favourite "documentary" Red Dawn.

    • @scubasteve3778
      @scubasteve3778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ​@@BigMrFirebird You're all fuckin idiots.

    • @scubasteve3778
      @scubasteve3778 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Ultra CNC You're all fuckin idiots.

  • @cgplayz545
    @cgplayz545 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    “Now I have become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

    • @ronniedoorzon1576
      @ronniedoorzon1576 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oppenheimer?

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ronniedoorzon1576 -- Oppenheimer quoting the Bagavad Gida, a Hindu religious text.

    • @andyvasvari4874
      @andyvasvari4874 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is Bhagawad Gita

  • @e.clipperton4052
    @e.clipperton4052 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Extraordinarily informative: also, superb shirt...

  • @muskiet8687
    @muskiet8687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I am not a fan of nuclear weapons, but the power and science have always intrigued me.
    "Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie" was a fantastic view into above-ground testing and has some fantastic footage.