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- The existential threat of nuclear war is no longer a Cold War memory. With nine countries armed with around 15,000 atomic bombs up to 53 times stronger than those dropped in the Second World War, the stakes are arguably higher.
Ahead of the International Day against Nuclear Tests on August 29 2018, we met up with British atomic veterans who were present at test sites in Australia and the Pacific, to find out what it’s like to experience a nuclear bomb explosion up close.
While most people know about the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, fewer are aware that an additional 2,000 atomic bombs were detonated after World War II and tested on hundreds of thousands of young soldiers to prepare them for nuclear war.
This video originally aired on MOTHERBOARD in 2018.
00:00 Intro
01:34 The Soldiers Who Faced an Atomic Blast
04:08 Seeing X-Rays
06:46 The Fallout
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You guys do a great job at fear mongering
Biden should be in a nursing home. We have a 90 year old dementia patient playing "President" while China builds its military.
I'm more worried about America's nukes
woah
Horrible. So sad they did that to them.
These devices have been made 50+ years ago and weren't classified to talk about it until 1990, who knows what's being made right now and won't be talked about till 2050
scary
I agree, there are many things the governments keep in secrecy from us. Hopefully, we shall not witness the usage of these dangerous weapons during some sort of war.
The influenza bomb, set off over wuhan in 2019.
Well there was no internet for whistleblowers around that time. That's why governments remain unchecked.
I agree, its said that the government is always 50 years ahead everything wise, literally in everything
"at the age of 18"
"at the age of 21"
just wanted to remind everyone how young most of these men are when sent out to war
This is not war... this is truly something else even more horrible
It’s...Just horrible
Boys*
some 16
I mean it’s still happening. Nothing has changed
To hear that they could see their bones and veins like X-rays is insane. I feel for these men.
Whoa, that's so cool!!
@@ambientexpanse what part of infertility, disfigured children and infant mortality is cool to you?
@@ambientexpansechildish reply
You must be 8 years old
and when they explained about the heat, that thing is what kill most of their life, that cause them got cancer and others.
what a scary weapon
You know it's serious when they all have the same story
Which is exactly why they were silenced for decades.
uhh in camp desert rock (which was an operation where nukes were dropped near soldiers to test the effects and combat possibilities of someone exposed to radiation) the soldiers were only exposed to .9 roentgen which is equivalent to 0.008 greys of radiation. it takes .3 greys of radiation to have any effect. engineers were exposed to 3.9 roentgen which is equivalent to 0.035 greys which is again, very far from having any effects on humans. although the tests were risky, literally nothing happened and i dont see why its a big deal
@@wellifailed392 so after (presumably) watching this video showcasing all the horrific effects it had on the test subject you still believe the measurements provided by the government , which have been proven to be vastly "underestimated" pretty much every single time.
@@wellifailed392 because all the science was done on acute expose and not chronic, or below baseline chronic; so when thousands of people report cancers and etc it's good to listen
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This is heartbreaking. Knowing the government they probably weren’t compensated for being a guinea pig. What a disgrace.
Yea cause money fixes everything wtf
@@TruckinRoundTv meaning that you can't blame them for not knowing but after they found out did the government take care of them or paint a happy little bush over that mistake. Our troops choose to sign up for whatever comes. We should take care of them well.
@@PrivatePrivate-do2on thats a different generation they didnt sacrifice their lives for sympathy and or money they did it truly to protect their country and for protecting of freedom you wouldn’t understand really...LAND OF THE FREE! Home of the BRAVE
@@PrivatePrivate-do2on just like today when vets die everyone is sooo sad and sympathetic they dont well they def didnt use to buy into that THEY LITERALLY WANTED TO DIE ON THE BATTLEFIELD they took pride in that esp if a close brother or friend perished on the battlefield they could care less about money seriously man talk to some vets
@@TruckinRoundTv What do those words mean anyway? They just sound like buzzwords to me. The value behind those words has long disapeared because of corruption. The people who throw out the word "freedom" in order to make people be "patriots" are often a danger to peace... Freedom does not have ONE singular meaning, freedom of, freedom from, what do they mean? That part is never talked about...
Dont get me wrong, I do believe in ideals, but I just dont have stockholm syndrome with the elite.. Stop falling for propaganda.
Money doesnt solve anything, but in todays ultra competitive world, itll keep you off the streets. Im sad that the world is like this, but thats what it is.
My favorite memorial day message growing up as a kid here in the US "You can't remember what you haven't heard" - A reminder of how important it is to hear these stories from veterans, so that we CAN remember. What a privilege.
Its really scary thinking about how emotionally disturbing it is when these people simply see a nuclear explosion. No destruction, no death or devastation required. Just the sight alone? That's a very terrifying and solemn thought.
it did cause delayed death tbf, which just adds to the horror of how powerful a nuclear explosion is
Not just seeing a nuclear explosion, a lot of them probably had no conception of what a nuclear explosion even was. A completely novel, terrifying experience.
Also not to mention they got blasted by a tsunami wave of radiation which alters dna
Everyone who witnessed the Trinity test and those who dropped the two A-bombs were all petrified and instantly regretted it. Nuclear bombs to this day remain the scariest man-made phenomenon out there. The god of destruction, only way to describe a nuclear weapon.
@@diegomo1413 But knowing only makes it worse.
This just shows how much the governments truly care about their people.
+1
And that still applies today.
Best Comment!
Thanks.
Now imagine what they do to other countries, like usa ( overthrowning over 50 countries since ww2)
What exactly is the alternative? The US not develop nukes and have the soviets use them to dominate the world? The only solution is peace through strength.
Ask NOT how you should "vote" for your country...........
Please STOP what your country can do to YOU!
The way the Government treated these fine Gentlemen is an absolute disgrace.
What global governments do with war is a waste of time
@@mquiroz90 yep
all governments are a disgrace
Abit like governments now. But until we as a civilised society unite. It will continue.
@@mquiroz90 what? we’ve been on the brink of it for years now lol
That poor guys daughter who died in his arms that just kind of left me speechless
Or the guy who couldn’t even have a daughter at all.😔
Poor dude I love my daughter
I'm genuinely horrified by nuclear bombs. I feel their pain because I fear so greatly to experience it myself. It's not an irrational fear. A nuclear bomb explosion near you is something that doesn't just go away once its done and over with. After the bomb drops, generational trauma ensues and you never escape its effects. It's disturbing.
It's pretty irrational. Not likely to happen because of M.A.D.
@@SonyaBladesBootyyou forget we live in a world full of insane people. All it takes is one nut to get angry, there’s also the fact that once you have the formula it’s not that complicated to build a dirty bomb
@@edgardorodriguez3710 I agree, but it would have to be accepted by the whole military hierarchy in Russia for exemple. It's not like in U.S where the president is the only man who can order a launch. Also a dirty bomb would not be as powerful as a several megatons H-bomb.
@@Jean-be7uk A nuclear war between countries is definitely less likely, but still it’s not something to dismiss. I share a great deal of concern for nuclear weapons because of the sheer raw power of destruction and mass death of all forms of life it could easily be responsible for.
A major concern is something along the lines of terrorists being supplied nuclear weapons and technology by hostile countries like North Korea for example. That’s a truly frightening idea.
@@JackLWalsh I agree, we are a few irresponsible political decisions away. Regarding terrorism, I hope superpowers are able to monitor suspect movings of radioactive material effectively. But again, I doubt terrorists would use a high yield weapon.
This is a really important piece of history That needs to be documented.
Thank you for giving these soldiers/veterans/victims a voice
That detail about seeing the x-rays of your bones and blood vessels during the flash is horrifying
You cant see the bones in your hands from the radiation of a nuke. A X-Ray image is created similar to a normal photograph where instead of normal light X-Rays will be collected on a sensor to give an image. What the guy is actually is referring to is the bright light emitted by the nuke, similar to when you shine a flashlight through your thumb.
@@MrTekkido then are these guys lying about what they saw?
No they just misunderstood the physics.
You can't see x Ray you see visible light. The light is bright enough go through flesh not bone.
@@Richard25000 it makes sense that it can’t go through bone, which is why they would’ve seen the silhouettes of their skeletons against the flash. I don’t think their understanding of physics has anything to do with what they saw
If you have a light flash bright enough, you can DEF see through your hands.. I've done it w a really bright flashlight, I'd put it behind my fingers and the thin parts of my fingers would glow from the light but would get darker in the center of my fingers. So I can imagine a nuke going off would def give off enough bright light to show their bones and vessels.. it's different than x ray, but their knowledge of how yo describe what they saw probably made them think that.. if they all saw the silhouette of their bones and vessels, then I mean 🤷🏻♂️
It’s so sad how it affected their children too
The one man’s daughter died in his arms. Jfc man...
keep in mind this affects us all, you heard how many nukes they set off around the world
@@Game-Garden The nuclear bomb testing increased the amount of carbon-14 in the atmosphere, in plants, animals and humans. We all have more carbon-14 in our body tissues than would naturally have occurred.
@@Aconitum_napellus and Trump restarted Nuclear Testing in the USA
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#Catch22 What is #Fukushima? #NONUKES
This completely broke my heart. I’m literally weeping right now for these brave men sharing their experiences. How they and all the others who served were treated were despicable. I wish I could meet and hug every one of them.
cry harder
@@arsenioseslpodcast3143 on god
You’re tears aren’t fixing anything
@@Jumpingjackflash123Either is your attitude
What do you scoffers know about anything. She just wants to comfort these brave soldiers. Which is doing more than you are. And you are not strong like you think because of your words. Armchair warriors is what you are . 10:57
I’m thankful for these brave men on educating me.. it’s hard for me to hear these veterans go through this and angers me. There’s so much our own generation still doesn’t know and they love it that way… I’m sorry to all of these people throughout every part of our negative war history
I anit idgaf about theses old farts
It’s terrifying how much we don’t know about our own history. If they something this unforgivable to soldiers back then, what else has been going on the last hundred years that they’ve hidden from us? How many soldiers are still suffering in silence?
@@LaCeiba1924 why do you think that is the public education system is failing us
@@jocularwall5342 absolutely! Politicians have been dismantling the public education system little by little for decades, and now we have crises on multiple fronts. It’s pretty much at the tipping point now.
I have the exact same feelings mate, I'm disgusted, shocked and angered that our governments could put these men through all of these f*cking tests, these weapons that are designed to cause mass deaths, destruction and misery on the world - a truly inhumane, incomprehensible experiment. I HOPE to God I never see an atomic or nuclear bomb be used ever again whilst I'm still alive but with the way we are as a species, as well as the people that are in power around the world, I fear the same fate isn't too far around the corner.
"Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap." - Albert Einstein
*Obligatory quote, usually by Einstein, on nuclear war:* Inserted
But rats are notoriously canabalistic.
A mouse can't build lol.
So einstein thought they had opposable thumbs? Cause you need thumbs set a mousetrap. Let alone build one
Yeah bro 😥
And that lady’s and gentleman is how much the governments of the world care about you.
Money and power > Human Life
@Fight MMA did you really called it Wuhan 19
Socialism is cancer
@@savingmayberry387 funny how there's only a few "socialist" countries in the world today and only one of them is barely starting to have a big influence on the world stage.
@@victor75208 Overthrow them all.
All these men have a thing in common. The look of utter terror when trying to explain what happened when they witnessed it and the pain they went through in their lives because of it. You can see it in their eyes. You can't begin to imagine what it's like in person compared to what you see on the internet. I hope we never do. I feel so bad for these guys as they were used as lab rats.
I served as a veteran service office with my local government many years ago. I met a man who claimed to be an atomic veteran and we had to fight for almost 3 years to get the recognition and benefits he deserved. The documentation we eventually obtained verified ever word he said-it was incredible.
Hearing them speak aboutt their children is heartbreaking.
Or lack of
@@oneof13forestpeople97 What do you mean
@@elias7748 he probably meant it's also sad to hear them speak about not having children
😭😭😭
This needs about 7 billion more views.
Underated comment here
8 billion views***
*impossible*
Apocalyptic
Yet Putin is sending threats
Remember, the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki had to go through this as well. It is horrific what we inflicted on our own soldiers and others because of the government.
I'm in my 50s and had a WWII vet neighbor who was in TWO tests in Nevada in the 1950s... He eventually retired from the Army and died of lung cancer (life long smoker) in the early 1990s.
He said, "Since you can't feel radiation it _feels_ just like any explosion, hot loud and with a shockwave. They said 'DO NOT look toward the explosion, DO NOT pick up any rocks, dirt or ANYTHING on the ground, and don't touch any plants with bare skin.' BUT, a dumb ass lieutenant picked up a rock and got cussed out when he passed by the Geiger counter station. Any man who set off the detector had to throw away his boots or uniform - whatever was contaminated."
He said the fireball swirled with every color in the rainbow.
My grandmother and father lived near the testing areas in Nevada during the 50’s. My grandfather died of spinal cancer and grandmother died of lung cancer. Neither smoked and lived relatively healthy lives for the most part.
@@outdoorslife4style831 How old were they?
@@branchcovidian2001 grandmother passed away in 2000 at the age of 62 and grandfather passed in 1985 somewhere in his upper 40’s. Like I mentioned, neither smoked or would of had reason to come down
With the cancers they both died from.
why do u have to cover your eyes , what happens if you look ???
@@jr3437it's s a flash so bright it can burn your retinas and cause Permanent blindness, once the initial bright flash has passed, you can look at it, so if you see a missile flying through the air, don't track it with your eyes, there's nothing you can do, just cover your face and look the other way until the shockwave has passed you by! Then you know your in the clear, well,maybe not in the clear clear, you still gotta the F out of zones two and three, pray you're in the third zone, only a handful of zone two will make it out and they'll wish they had just died. You really should get really educated on it, if you want to be able to determine if you should try to carry on living or just say F it and let it take you quickly. You can't see the radiation, you have to know if you are being affected, you're essentially fighting blind.
What they said about the light from the explosion allowing them to see their bones is terrifying
Nuclear bombs has Gamma rays
But the explanation was wrong. The human eye can't see x-rays and neither gamma rays. What they saw was very intense visible light. If you take a very strong flashlight and cover the outlet opening with your hand and put that very close to your eyes, you will be able to see your bones and blood veins too.
With their eyes closed too!!!
At first I thought it was an exaggeration
@@user-sw2eg9lg2t This is not how it works, invisible ink emits visible light when subject to UV light. but humans don't emit visible light when exposed to xrays. X ray machines can emit x rays through the body and create an image based on how they transmit in certain areas.
Thank you for giving these veterans a voice. They need to be heard.
Facts
@@kc4417 Yep
Its too late for most of em.💖
Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it.
They are criminals
What this men went through for the sake of "testing" is despicable. I thank this brave soldiers for their service. May God bless them and their families.
"Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds" - J. Robert Oppenheimer
That isn’t Oppenheimer’s quote. That’s a translated quote from a Sanskrit text.
Bhagavad Ghita
"I would never forgive the authorities for putting me in this situation."
When he said that I felt that.
Decentralize power and money. That is the most effective way to violently kick in the balls those in charge.
Yeah if this happened to me I would take my revenge with Bombs in the mail
@@tu1469 id you destroy the integrity of money and power you might get the same satisfaction watching tue elite kill themselves off... Yet still, their identity with the world is still needed despite their treachery
@@timothythompson7750 how would we destroy money
@@tu1469 building a way of life for yourself where money was no longer needed. This is a problem for almost every 1st world person because it's all they know... Yet it's not impossible. If you recall 1972 Nixon took us off the gold standard, and our money was backed by trust. Should the American people decide to rescind their trust and audit the federal government, the federal reserve IMF and all currencies across the world world be rendered null and void... The result would kill more than half the world's population in 3 months time and humanity and all man made institutions are destroyed in half the time... We would be fucked...
I didn't say you'd like my answer...
the man unable to have children hit me to the core
The man who had a child and watched her get more ill till she died in his arms got me. Humans that "lead" other humans (gov officials, politicians, etc.) live in another world than us and I believe we'll always just be guinea pigs to them. Makes me absolutely sick.
@@aa_2054 give power to the few and they will oppress the many, give power to the many and they will oppress the few.
@@aa_2054 find out where the politicians go in the event of a nuclear war- its a real nice fallout bunker with clean water food and anything else you would need for a couple years. Other countries have fallout shelters and bunkers for their public- only America has zero for the common man or woman- we are screwed.
Why there’s a fucc ton of people who can’t have children
@@dbt7624 bro... I'm pretty sure you watched the same video as us, you can figure that question out. If you're actually confused I'll explain it though.
Bless the fallen veterans, bless these men and their families for what they have had to endure and are still experiencing. Thank you for bringing this on to the world wide media platform and educating us to not repeat these atrocities.
My grand father was off the coast of bikini island during the US’s first H bomb tests. From what I remember, there were three battleships spaced evenly every 10 miles out to 30 miles. My grandfather was on the furthest ship out and recalled being given sunglasses that he kept and still was able to see through his hands. He died in 2019.
"Human stupidity is one thing that's indefinite." - Albert Einstein.
metalhd4life a video that has anything to do with nuclear bombs needs Albert Einstein quotes.
The same stupid human that because of fear urged the US gov to make this weapon on fear that the nazis where developing the same device. (Which of course they where not)
That should be infinite
Rather fittingly, you have both misquoted Einstein and demonstrated that you don't know the difference between infinite and indefinite.
@@tushar12345 sounds to me like you are calling Einstein stupid AND sympathising with the Nazis in the same sentence. Remarkable.
“It’s as if someone my size caught fire and walked through me.” That’s chilling.
Radiation going through him, particles like bullets, damaging everything and wrecking his DNA... It has to feel very different to anything else...
You know how printers will scan the sheet before printing? With that little light that goes across it? Imagine that, but feeling it inside of you body at 200mph after an ear aching boom!
What’s even sadder than what these men went through was how they’ve had to suffer in silence for so long. Not only was their quality of life destroyed but also their voices taken.
Of course this video is recommended after I watched Oppenheimer
same
The fact that we are all alive right now is a miracle
Shush
Not really you want me to tell you with a short answer ?
M.A.D.
@@alexgregory2504 yes
We’re all dying one way or another rather it’s cigarettes liquor or red processed meat
These weapons just should not exist. Truly a item of evil.
@Eren Jeager i can see what your trying to say but still they are really scary to know what will happen.
Well nukes are the reason why ussr and us never had direct war. It’s a necessary evil
If we didn’t have them then there would be even more wars and probably another ww3
Yellow sun its evil twin, in the dust the winds deliver him.
We will split our souls within.
Think about how many wars they've prevented, though.
My great grandfather was a CWO in the airforce in the early to mid forties and throughout the 1950s but he witnessed the first atomic test south of Los Alamos called “Trinity” in an area known as the Alamogordo bombing site.. he got prostate cancer which he ultimately battled for 6 years until the disease went into remission.. 1998-2004.. He ended up dying from the same damned disease on October 31st of 2010.. I will always love and miss you great grandpa!! You were a great man 😊😇🪦🪖
We are about to know from Nolan 👍
This is why you need whistleblowers - to hold governments responsible for their actions.
Bomb of Freedom. Many Asians including me thanks to atomic bomb.
Being a whistle-blower is a complicated thing there's a lot you have to account for
It’s a hard and fine line between security from enemy’s and hiding secrets from public
I pray for Julian Assange. We need to get him free!!
PARDON SNOWDEN AMD JILL
Imagine turning 18, not even old enough for a beer yet, then you get drafted into the military just to be a nuclear bomb testing guinea pig
Edit: Ok guys I get it now
@@adelaseeri768 trash
"Not even old enough for a beer yet"
Is this some sort of American joke, I am too European to understand?
@@Anc1ent527 no it’s not A joke. The drinking age in America is older than in 90% of Europe.
@@Anc1ent527 I live in Finland which is located in Europe. You can't buy beer before you are18 years old and no strong drinks before 20 years.
@@RRJOfficial lol here in Denmark, you can buy beer when you are 16, and strong alcohol, when you are 18
Well I’m gonna watch Oppenheimer in 70MM IMAX on Tuesday so I guess I’ll let you guys know
Who’s here after Oppenheimer?
Still mindblown honestly. I'm constantly getting goosebumps just thinking about it.
What happened to those men was sadistic pure and simple. They didn’t even tell them what was going to happen. Its beyond the spectrum of experimental. Absolutely disgusting.
I totally agree
Why are you so obsessed with the collumbine shooting?
@@davidw9401 bro you drunk ?
Even more terrifying are the encounters of survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They say people were walking around with exposed bone and skin literally melting off as they begged for a drink of water, picture ghouls from fallout but worse. The survivors call themselves hibakusha, I recommend looking into their stories (also how the government silenced them and neglected to report on the true extent of the damages)
@@NoaWatchVideo people were being effected by the radiation in the 80s & 90s. Bet some bloodlines are still being effected
Imagine experiencing this when you didn't even know what was going to happen, would've been such an alien concept for the poor soldiers
That would be wild. I wonder how I would have fared having done my fair share of psychedelics in my younger years and experiencing ego death, etc. I Imagine it would have been wild / intense but might have handled the “shock” of it all pretty well.
@@coryfoster9373 I wouldn't compare even the worst bad trip on LSD to someone who was physically and mentally tortured by a nuclear weapon. No drug is gonna prepare you for intense suffering.
@@Opomax I would beg to differ. Enough LSD and a bad situation would compound to be much worse than what they experienced. It would be your own personal hell. I’m not trying to take away from what they experienced, I’m sure it was terrifying, but LSD is the single most powerful drug out there bro. Ive never tried meth but I can assure you LSD controls you more. Take enough and you can be completely off the reigns on what you experience. You’re literally just reacting to your environment. Being sober while watching your first Nuke wouldn’t be as crazy trust me. If you don’t understand, you would have to try it for yourself. It isn’t dangerous, but you can loose control for a few hours for sure.
@@Opomax I agree with Kennedy acid is no joke man. But. Not comparable to a bomb in my opinion. Just because they are so wildly different. That being said, having a nightmare trip is something that can absolutely change you and stay with you in a way that’s not too dissimilar to these guys’ experience. I can confidently say that that’s the worst thing I’ve ever experienced. 5 years on so far and I still get spooked and put back into that emotional state just thinking about it too long. Ick. Primal fear is no joke.a
@@JohnFKennedy420 if you’re talking from experience, glad you came back from that bro.
Came here after watching Oppenheimer
This is haunting
Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to man.
Man threw it right back up to the heavens.
Long term PTSD and grief etched on their poor faces...
PTSD is not a feeling it’s a dieses it can’t be etched on your face it can only be dug into your soul
@@nicocombs4990 stress is a feeling ya walnut
@@tonyolen1381 oh god why did this make me laugh so hard?? 😂
@@davidottley2739 lol sometimes people say things so ridiculous the only thing I can think to call them is a walnut 😂
@@tonyolen1381 you ever watch gorden ramsey
My farther was involved in these test. His whole platoon died of cancers of all kinds within 25 years, ive often thought about finding out the facts but were to start looking is beyond me .
Theyre going to kill you anywx
I am sorry your father went through this
You might want to get regular health screenings
my grandad was in these too, he had leukemia and died - then we took the MOD to court - they 'lost' the evidence of how strong the radiation was so we were never able to prove them wrong. he died with no justice
@Scribbli Chheery lol, calm down Paranoid Pete. The only way the CIA would follow up on him is if he shared any plots or waged a serious threat to the government. And I would wager the government has better things to do than to follow up on someone and a harmless paragraph they wrote on an alternative news media channel on TH-cam.
Amazing video. Well done whoever made this. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you for surviving through all those hardship. this will be remembered forever
bone-chilling to hear how the memories still bring so much fear
And the fact our U.K. government and those around the world know what these men have gone through and yet they get no thanks no recognition or help this is the first I’ve herd about these men and all they have suffered at the hands of the government we all stand and have an 11 minute silence for those who died in war what about these guys ?
This happened to my grandfather after the Korean War. He was in the Navy and they made him stand on the deck of the ship while they they dropped a nuclear bomb. He remembers the heat and a layer of dust being on his uniform afterwards. Poor guy had nothing but health problems his entire life (cancer, leukaemia etc) and he lost every child he had after that. This caused his marriage to fall apart. Worse part was the government refused to acknowledge what happened, because it happened after the war, it wasn’t during active duty so they wouldn’t help him.
Sorry about your aunts/uncles, and sorry about your grandfather. Thanks for sharing.
ugly stuff man
am so sorry
sorry to hear about what to your grandfather
Wait u said his ur grandfather? I just said he couldn’t have kids
This is tragic. I am truly at a loss for words. Senseless, just senseless. Heart goes out to them and their loved ones.🙏🏾
These are men that served and served well. Trained extremely tough physically and mentally. At that point in time they were as sound as they could have possibly been, as if nothing on earth could shake them.
And yet you can hear the horror in their voice just reminiscing on it.
What scares me is that the bombs there dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were basically "Tiny" they have world Ender's now.
The "world enders" are no more in service.
They were also always to heavy and big to be practical in deployed weapon systems.
That's why they have weapons in service that are equipped with hydrogen bombs in the medium range of around 300 to 1200 kt today. This is still much more than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bomb which had about 15-21 kt, but much less than the "world enders" in the 10 to 100 Mt range.
The big problem is, they have much more of these medium range bombs today and thus can destroy more than just one big bombs.
They are also much more precise.
The cores they used in those bombs didn't actually detonade fully with those early bombs they dropped on Japan. The blast dismantled the bomb before complete fission (the opposite of fusion?) could happen. The explosion that destroyed a whole city and killed so many people was caused by material with the volume of a piece of paper.
@@7own878 These two bombs never used fusion. They used fission.
The Hydrogen Bomb was developed later.
@@OpenGL4ever Dang it I mixed that up. That wasn't intentional though. I did the research for this for a presentation about the Hydrogen Bomb and just translated knowledge from there.
not really, even the largest nuclear bomb wouldnt really do much in the big picture. they have stopped making bigger and bigger bombs and went with smaller yield yet more warheads
When the guy expressed he couldn’t have kids my heart sunk! May god bless all these fine gentlemen
Yeah, that was a gut punch for me as well. These men, really just kids at the time, were betrayed by their high command and government.
@@DamianLoved at that time Free speech kind of had a limit so
people who took the vaccine wouldn't be able to have kids either
When the guy expressed his daughter had a hump back and grew hair all over her body and died in his arms my heart broke.
@@perfectgematriadecodesabc4259 ohh u crazy person 😂😂
Should make film on this
they did, it's called barbie
These men are some of the bravest in all of history... Thank you all for your service.
The sad thing is: We'll probably never get rid of these weapons. The knowledge how to build them is out there and as far as I know, no weapon ever has been completely gotten rid off - unless it was replaced by a more powerful weapon.
And unless every weapon is gotten rid off I'm never going out again.
even worse, they're probably going to get worse over time
Why would we get rid of nuclear weapons
@@GaiusCaligula234 Why would we want to live?
@Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas The point is, they are PREVENTING wars from happening. The MAD doctrine (mutually assured destruction) provides peace among the great powers. If it wasn't for them, think about how many wars would happen. We would have WW3 and WW4 and probably also WW5
I send huge respect to these veterans and their sacrifices, as well as to this journalist-interviewer who met with them and gave them a chance to share their stories before they all pass away.
ALSO disgrace& to share AHH horror story TBH WE CUD WITNESS OVER FCKALL
Why ? And why dont you ask Japanese civilians, they have more experience with your atomic bombs, like first hand experience.
@@sdfasdfasdsdfasdfas9641 sad
@@sdfasdfasdsdfasdfas9641 ask em ya self IE u dropped it on en
Do 1troll have litter respect Hiroshima Japan
I never knew people like this even existed. It's a relief thier stories can now educate other people the danger of a force like that. Is there any movies about this?
“It was a sight to see, but I never want to see it again”
These guys look remarkably "healthy" for going through that... hair and all
I guess.. not so well.. most of these guys
That was genuinely heartbreaking. These men are so brave, they deserved so much better. What the government did was unfair and disgusting.
They likely didn't have a choice in the matter of going or not after being put on an assignment like that. It's fear of being served extra duties or demoted and ridiculed by the chain of command.. or even put in jail or executed.. which drives a lot of our modern "warriors" into doing things. Trained to fear their own more than the enemy.
I don't think I'll ever know what it feels like. I live 3 miles from NORAD in Colorado Springs. A millisecond of bright light and I'm going to be a puff of steam and sub atomic particals
@Vegan Zombie Your name speaks volumes. Retread
That's an understatement...
These were soldiers who followed the orders given like a soldier does. No more no less.
The fact that they were told little to nothing before engaging in these tests shows how unbelieveably evil the creation of the weapons were at the time and how outrageously abominable they have become today.
Much love to the world’s veterans! Especially this group of brave men! My heart breaks for them! 💔
Everyone talks about "nukes: until you understand what that immense power can lead to...
Dominick Darpino yeah disgusting how people think they will just chill like in a fallout game, pathetic people
@@mybad.7164 their eyes tell you everything. they still cannot grasp what they saw 50 years ago. Kissingers quote still gives me chills
@@mybad.7164 those are the first to go tbh survival of the fittest is no joke
lol, cos i play fallout i mustn't appreciate nuclear weapons.... okay kiddies
@@DarkShroom Talking about the people who say their gonna chill and think its a game, Ive played fallout myself, But ive also seen death. Dont be so selfish, You dont know about the screams, Seeing people blown to bits, People you care about or innocent people blown up.
This is truly unimaginable, the man in the start gave me instant goose bumps.
Think about it, a flash so bright you can see the skeletal structure of the man in front of you... through your own hands!
I was on ground during Desert Rose as well as around 50,000 people living in LAs Vegas. My experience was Visceral I will never be able to “forget or bury” the moments...in 1951 at the Nevada test site near Las Vegas, 85 miles. The tests were continuous, including the Bib Bombs during Desert Rose, I and persistent apocalyptic nightmares troughout my teens and as far as my 60’s. I’m 77yrs .
@@omkaczmarczyk thank you for sharing your story. i’m 17 and cant imagine how that must have felt, nor can i truly put into words quite how much that hurts to hear. i wish there was some way that your experiences could be compensated for, the government does not care about its people. i hope that you have been able to make the best of your life after that and that going forward it gets even just a little bit easier to handle every day. thank you for your service and for sharing. wishing you the absolute best.
Skeletal structures have always represented the avatar of the realm of Death. A place where we as living creatures shouldn't go. You almost can't get a closer image of Death than being able to see that image of your peers transformed in skeletons, even with your eyes closed and paradoxically, 78% of they died or their reproductive funcions (ability to give life) were hindered or completely anihilated by the radiation. Nuclear weapons are Death itself.
Xrays**
Very good piece. Bless all the dear and brave men who had to endure this nightmare
Thanks for sharing your experiences ! Much Love and respects to all troops.
Never forget: your government doesn’t care about you. On a good day, you’re a means to an end to them maintaining power. On a bad day; you’re an expendable burden. Raise hell and keep politicians terrified. We are the people.
amen
Yet, we should still love them, and pray for them. That is what God wants.
@@Goldblasterblaze you should never love your government
@@morcoroni because hating them works so well? I mean most people that just go out to hate their government even when they know that they’ve done something right just sound so pathetic. Child like.
You should be balanced in your appraisal if your government.
@@morcoroni yeah because a bunch of you Facebook group jackasses would make such a better government.
Imagine what the nuclear bombs are like now...God help us all.
Yeah look up the tsar nuke, I think those are supposed to be waaaay more powerful than the Hiroshima ones. Just crazy
They’re about 100 times more powerful apparently some even say a thousand times. That is unimaginable power that shouldn’t be in anyone’s hands. Over a four year period the Japanese imperial army murdered 30,000,000 southeast Asian men, women and children. How different would things be if they were the ones with that kind of power. Just unbelievable.
@@Fencepost55 I believe they had to reduce the tsar nuke blast radius during testing because otherwise the plane wouldn’t be able to escape the blast, scary to think about.
Too scary to imagine😞😞
Estimates of the tzar bomb was 50 megatons and the full power that was scaled down ranged up to 100 megatons.
The mushroom cloud went out of the atmosphere. And melted the paint off the plane that dropped it.
I find their descriptions absolutely terrifying. What a traumatizing and otherworldly thing to see and experience, how terrible to not be allowed to even talk about it. They had no clue what they were being tricked into, what a monstrous thing they were witnessing. Just terrifying
oppenheimer film brought me here
This is one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever seen. I am ashamed of what mankind has done in developing these weapons. These poor men and their families.
The reason we created and used nuclear bombs was so that we wouldn’t HAVE to use them
Robert Oppenheimer was one of the men responsible for creating the atom bomb, and he regretted it for the rest of his life, seeing himself as a monster for creating the bomb
Ashamed of what mankind has become. ......... dude you do realize that it was a few bad people that make these decisions , it's the so called powers that be(goverment )which is like 0.1% , most people are Good
@@JJ-fb1bi debatable
You put it perfectly, Michael. I'm just spechless. So unbelievably horrific, enraging and heartbreaking.
I cared for an atomic veteran in the USA in the early 90s. The poor man died of liver cancer but before he died he told me stories about the nuclear war heads being tested and how they watched them. We listened with horror, that the USA military treated people this way.
Might as well researching nuclear weapons when it’s boutta happen😅
I guess back in the old days. They didn't know people at that distance away from the bomb would still develop problems.
and still do,,,,
@@unkono I'm pretty sure they knew. They dropped 2 nukes on Japan and in the time since we're studying the effects on the victims as they had occupied Japan
Nukes can cause hundreds of dollars in damage
Im so sorry, mates. My heart goes to you, your families, and your comrades.
This is so crazy to watch! My heart breaks listening to these heros talk! God bless all whom were or are still being affected.
Both my father and one uncle witnessed a nuclear detonation, my father in the pacific while in the Navy, my uncle in New Mexico while in the Army. My uncle got leukemia and passed at age 72. My father is still living at 93. He’s had lots of cancerous skin lesions removed over the decades. He also said he saw the bones of his hands and got thrown to the deck. Crazy, right?
Omgg that's so sad 😭😭💔
@@lollollol1575 Sad about my uncle, but he enlisted voluntarily, knew he might be doing dangerous work. What he and the physicists didn’t know is that inning radiation can be passed down over generations. Two of my cousins have had cancer, and three of their children have rare deformities. Thus far, nobody in Dad’s direct family line has had health issues related to radiation, unless you count type 1 diabetes and psoriatic arthritis.
God dam, I’m so sorry, tell your father a random dude from TH-cam said thank you for your service.
Wow wtf?!
@@art7772 I’ll accept your thanks on his behalf and on the behalf of my nephew who is going into the Marines in September. Dad had a stroke two weeks ago and is being cared for by hospice. His kind is literally a dying breed.
Seeing bones in your hands...big nope.
Seeing the bones in your hands, threw closed eyes! And that’s pretty cool. ...except for the intense heat part.
Although its horrible I want to see a nuclear explosion in real life and yes I know the consequences
@@JustJohn505 It would be on my bucket list, but I’d save that one for last just incase something goes wrong.
o yeah forgot to add that I want to see it from a safe distance, not right in front of you like these poor veterans
@@JustJohn505 Nah man it's totally safe, you can stand very close to it.
I have seen a lot of different explosions and in my opinion explosives are the most terrifying thing out there. They happen before you can blink and the amount of damage is devastating and there is nothing you can really do if you are unprepared.
"War is young men dying and old men talking."
- Odessys.
It breaks my heart how even as old men they look completely devastated and terrified telling their stories. May God bless them.
Yup, God blessed them. They're all fucked
My Grandfather was in the forgotten 216th and was a atomic veteran at the snapper tumbler tests. He was a lucky one who never had health issues. These men deserve so much for what the government has put them and their families through.
Lol
UK Kings & Queens are dictators. They don’t care if British soldiers & their offspring get sacrificed in nuclear experiments
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@@Kamek2182 don't mind this guy, he's a bot.
@@Kamek2182 th-cam.com/video/2RFU1rbVz_8/w-d-xo.html
@@thatguy3000 me? No lol
After seeing Oppenheimer this is really sad to watch. Even the father of them atomic bomb knew we didn't need anything stronger or to keep making them. Its so scary what just a couple pounds of metal can do.
So much respect to all of the troops/soldiers out there. Hope every single one of ‘em can live a life of peace n joy 🫶
This needs to be played everywhere, every human being needs to understand the hell awaiting us if we use nuclear weapons
Yeh but the trick is getting them to care. The government's that have nuclear weapons know exactly what they can do. That's why they have them. And because they're sick sadistic pos. It's one of my worst fears
@@AuntieMamies As horrible as it is, it's completely true. The Governments know that it would be the end of the world if a singular ICBM launched, Yet they dont do anything to get rid of it. they are willing to risk the whole world just to have a backup weapon.
Thats why we have them. .
@@ChristopherB. facts yo smh
It attracted the aliens to us, that's why they are present. They identified it and decided to rock up and intervene. They have disabled the nukes, but at a grave price. They have diabolical plans for us, and we are witnessing the first ripples of their interference as we speak. You know what I am talking about.
Research the Galactic Federation. They are an organisation of countless ET races in a format like our UN whom take it upon themselves to police and govern the galaxy, hence their excessive wrath over the use of nukes on Earth, because that is what has decimated many planets before.
No one
Vice : what nukes feel like
The last thing we wanted in 2020:)
*knocking on wood intensifies*
I think its their way of saying things could still be a lot worse!
Let’s hope this comment ages well
What?
There were several movies and documentaries that I had seen before seeing Oppenheimer:
This, Barefoot Gen, The Atlantic's Atomic Veterans Stories, Pica Don, and White Light, Black Rain. When I saw Oppenheimer, I immediately had chills and held my breath when the bomb exploded because I already knew the damage these weapons do to humans.
I imagine seeing such power up close would be an exhilarating and frighting experience
I don't think I've ever been more pissed off after watching a video on TH-cam than after watching this. Those poor men... Unbelievable!
Ha ha... you wanna get real pissed off you should watch an episode of 'Roots'
Or you can watch leftist media and compare it to itself in the past
My granddad's unit got sent into Hiroshima 5 days after it was nuked. They were to find survivors and give them aid. No one was told about the radiation or given any protective gear. He said it was worse than all of the bloody gory combat he seen during the war. Gave him nightmares for the rest of his life.
The ONLY THING these people in North Korea, China, Pakistan and Afghanistan understand is strength. They look at humanitarian feelings and efforts as weakness. If needed we must use the nuclear weapons of the United States of America to remove these totalitarian regimes from the earth.
God Bless The Engola Gay, General Tibbets, Robert Oppenheimer, Albert Einstein and The United States of America for dropping the bomb on Japan to end the war.
Had they no nuked the Japanese then my Father, who had survived landing in Normandy on June 6th and the whole war in Europe against Nazi Germany, would not have survived landing in Japan. The odds for surviving two large invasions were zero and, many Americans were loading in Mariselle, headed to the Pacific to invade Japan when we dropped the bombs. So, if needed I would recommend using all of our weapons before one more American Service member dies to liberate a people who end up being ungrateful in the end.
To quote General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson during the American Civil War, when asked when will all this fighting end, he said, "kill them, kill them all and they will stop."
@@barbieann2836 yeah ok you should really watch this: th-cam.com/video/RCRTgtpC-Go/w-d-xo.html There was no reason to drop the bomb other than pure evil. No military reason, no humanitarian reason, nothing.
@@barbieann2836 you write like you're barely literate. I don't think you grasp the concept of a nuclear bomb or what it entails for humanity.
Hmmm . Writing your post it strikes me you didn’t get the sentiment.
Some very unhinged countries have an arsenal of these weapons to call upon for whatever there cause is good or evil depending on your stand point .
If you take a knife into a street fight it can be used against you if you falter. This is purely an extension of this on a global scale and with no contingency other than mega death .!!!
Having the whip hand can turn very quickly as we have witnessed on so many occasions in war with humanity being so corrupt.
They are simply a curse on our existence and inextricably linked to our demise if we continue to covet power using them
@@amoshagan7645 Yeah let's all get more nukes so we can all blast the whole planet. Great solution. Oh, and let's sing the national anthem bc patriotism! jfc
"You could see the X-rays of your hands through your closed eyes"
WHAT??!?!? That blows my mind
I want to know the science behind this. I originally thought the first guy was exaggerating, but I was shocked when the other men mentioned it too. It's crazy to think about.
@@nightshadehelis9821 Yes! This fact flew over my head to be honest..
@@nightshadehelis9821the initial fireball of a nuclear bomb creates as much heat as the surface of the sun. It creates so much light that it makes your flesh see through meaning you can see your own bones. Its like holding a flashlight to your finger but on a massive scale
Big respect to those gentleman. You have my respect vets.
As a veteran myself I am heartbroken and angry as hell for what our governments have done to these and other solders. The governments treat our military as test rats and it needs to stop. AND THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE THAT THEY HAVE WRONGED.
And they're all Still alive haha
A war crime against our own men. Disgraceful. We in Australia allowed these bombs to be dropped in a place called Marilinga which the radiation killed Aboriginals in that region. Disgusting shame.
@@jaed2630 You didn't watch the video did you? Its not a laughing matter either. Many didnt survive full lifes. if they did they had many issues that one human should never have. If you noticed out of 22K soldiers how many were at the convention. Right there it should tell you many have passed. Veterans are abused by our governments.
We've always been test rats and always will be. You don't just fight the war on the battlefield. The things they did while wrong, as they should have asked for volunteers first, was necessary for the defense of our nation, and countless others. The one's that went thru testing were as brave as any who went over the top. But please keep in mind, it was all needed, in a time where we were only a thin hair ahead of the enemy, and if we had failed, the free world would never have been.
😭
Even the ones that survived had their lives taken away, passing on illnesses to their children, with that one man having his daughter pass away in his arms because of the effects his radiation had on her when creating her, The trauma of having to keep it secret for so long, not being able to have healthy children, it's just so upsetting. They didn't know what they were in for, they didn't tell the soldiers for a reason because they would've tried to back out.
The British government should be dissolved for their egregious crimes against humanity, like the USSR.
UK Kings & Queens are dictators. They don’t care if British soldiers & their offspring get sacrificed in nuclear experiments
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Criminal
Imagine the sheer amount of x ray radiation emitted, that even crew on ships 30 miles out were able to see through their hands. Unbelievable.
Chistopher Nolan watching this while filming Oppenheimer: *WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!*