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Fascinating. And interesting to see that the UK conducted some explosions on US territory too. And that there have been over 2,000 nuclear explosions to date. T
by tremendo 16y ago
Fascinating. And interesting to see that the UK conducted some explosions on US territory too. And that there have been over 2,000 nuclear explosions to date. The tests go crazy in the late 50's, then again in the 70's through about 1993 after which hardly any take place.
- earl 16y agoPerhaps related to the nuclear test ban treaty [1], which is not in force? There was a partial test ban treaty [2] in the 60s. I'm not informed at all about nuclear politics, but perhaps some combination of better physics knowledge and/or better computer modeling helping remove the need for detonation to test designs and better knowledge of the effect of fallout made countries slow or stop? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty Edit: it would be fascinating, since I can't seem to google the info, if there is an expert here who could share a rough timeline of the state of the art of nuclear explosion modeling