How did China Get Nukes? (Short Animated Documentary)

China was country number five to acquire nuclear weapons. However, when it began this process it was not exactly in a strong position having just been damaged by a civil war, cut off by its closest ally and suffering economic ruin. Which makes the fact that China acquired nuclear weapons all the more interesting. But how did China do it? How did China get nukes? To find out watch this short and simple animated history documentary.
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[@jonesbbq307]

One crazy fact is that the Chinese scientists did all the calculations of the nuclear physics using abacuses.

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"Mao wasn't interested in safety, Mao was interested in

[@theemissary1313]

"But Mao wasn't interested in safety, Mao was interested in proceeding" is possibly the best delivered line of dialogue I have ever heard on this channel.

[@heavyharris5580]

"China will grow larger." - Chinese Dozer, Command and Conquer: Generals

[@Diego_i]

the characters jumping on the daisy field gets me every single time

[@lildreadnaughtstarwar]

How did India get nukes?

[@ribaldi]

One of the chief scientists that helped progressed the nuke in China and later was considered the father of their rocketry program was shipped back from the US. Qian Xuesen was this scientist. He was a graduate from MIT and later joined the Manhattan Project. He was also one of the three scientists that drafted the document naming JPL. But during the Red Scare, he was accused of being a Communist Sympathizer and was under house arrest. He was finally allowed to return to China in 1955 supposedly as part of a prisoner exchange program for downed pilots from Korean War. In hind sight, this could be considered a serious mistake.

[@StickWithTrigger]

"When building nukes , safety is more like a guideline than actual rules"-Sun Tzu

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Since History Matters already did "How did

[@MC-CFC]

I build for China!

[@moosesandmeese969]

"Turns out you can't just demand science be achieved"

[@kirovfactory]

The US and Soviet both had implosion-type plutonium bomb. China's first A-bomb is an implosion-type uranium device, which surprised the US intelligence as they assumed it will be a gun type plutonium bomb which is simpler and more lenient for design and making.

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"But Mao wasn't interested in safety, Mao was interested in proceeding"

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I like how Mao's no "safety, just proceed" policy summoned the old Portuguese Empire from its slumber.

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That "nau" / "now" joke was the best thing I've seen all week. Thanks for the tickle. I needed that

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1:35

[@hungwaingai268]

The fact that it's a history video about China getting nukes but didn't mention Qian Xuesen is just SAD.

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USSR: now that you have nuclear weapons, we’ll be close allies.

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I love getting answers for the questions I never thought about.

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