Kether Muse: Nuclear Nuggets

I could not let this weekend go without a little acknowledgment that August 6th and 9th of 2015 mark the 70th anniversary of the U.S. dropping two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bomb changed our lives on this planet in so many ways. The likelihood and magnitude of a Thermal Nuclear War is hard to fully grasp by most, if they even consider it at all. Even today the thought of the standard conservative estimate of deaths of 200,000 human lives from the bombing is a brain twister.

This post is not well thought out or even organized (or edited) but consists of random links to some basic information relating to nuclear weapons history. I could be so much more extensive but for today I am being a bit lazy.. I could write a huge post just on the issue of Israel and the Non-Proliferation Treaty and how the issue was just BLOCKED again in May 2015. But not today Hey, let's start with a little music. Buchanan Brothers- Atomic Power 1946 Country Music Song “Atomic power was given by the mighty hand of God.”

Here are just a few images for quick viewing just for fun. Can anything having to do with nuclear war be fun? Some think so. So Duck And Cover as you continue reading. But don't worry if you live in The House InThe Middle (1954) for anxiety relief.

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In the current climate of the nuclear weapons debate I find it ironic that the Mother of the Bomb was aJewish woman, Lise Meitner. But then there is so much ignorance withing the history of nukes. The propaganda of the cold war is still with us For a great overview this PBS film is so excellent and hard to beat in it's scope. "Hiroshima" By John Hersey an article in the New Yoker August 31,1946 Issue changed the way American thought about the use of nuclear weapons. Ultimately the only way to win is not to play.

So here are just a few links for a refresher.

Operation Crossroads the "worldsfirst nuclear disaster" ~ OperationSandstone

Hydrogen Bomb

Operation Ivy the first test of a thermal nuclear bomb At the time the largest explosion ever set off 600 times morepowerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima Historical Footage~ Operation Ivy Wikipedia

Until Soviet atomic bomb project set off Tsar Bomba ("Emperor Bomb") the nickname for the AN602 hydrogen bomb, the most powerfulnuclear weapon ever detonated. It's October 30, 1961 test remains themost powerful artificial explosion in humanhistory (video).

Castle Bravo and Lucky Dragon NumberFive

Godzilla ~ Is it really science fiction?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower Atoms for Peace Speech video > Wikipedia

Non-Proliferation Treaty

Doomsday Clock

Strategic Defense Initiative