Why were they used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki[]
- To avoid an invasion of Japan in which ~5,000,000 Japanese, ~1,000,000 Americans and ~1,500,000 other Allied forces (mostly Aussies and Brits) would die.
- To shorten the war by ~6 months and thus pre-empting the soviet plans to invade Hokkaido.
- To test a new weapon on a city.
- To scare the USSR.
- To intimidate the rest of the word with.
- To get necrophilia high for those who let it be used?
- Parts of the US military and government had a racist agenda that was fixated with the mass killing Orientals.
It did beat Japan, but it never intimidated the increasingly aggressive USSR. Unfortunately the Americans had actually enraged the already hostile Soviets in to continuing to develop there own one.
Fearing a imminent atomic war the UK created it's own to have leverage over the USSR and USA.
Later France and China both saw what was coming and made there own.
By the year 2000 atomic weapons were also in the hands of India, Israel, N. Korea and Pakistan.
The ultimate launch control[]
They can be only lanced by the relevant personnel using a 'nuclear briefcase'. the identity of 4 of them is known: Nuclear briefcase (UK), Cheget (USSR\Russia), «mobile base» (France) and Nuclear football (USA). The PRC and N. Korea are reported to have one to.
First detonation[]
- United- States 16 July 1945 (Trinity)
- Russia- 29 August 1949 (RDS-1)
- United Kingdom- 3 October 1952 (Hurricane)
- France- 13 February 1960 (Gerboise Bleue)
- China- 16 October 1964 (596)
- India- 18 May 1974 (Smiling Buddha)
- Pakistan- 28 May 1998 (Chagai-1)
- North Korea- 9 October 2006
- Israel- Between 1960 and 1979. Possibly at the Vela incident on 22 September 1979, with S. African blessing and technical collaboration?
Atomic warheads through out history[]
According to Wikipedia[]
Country. | 1945. | 1950. | 1955. | 1960. | 1965. | 1970. | 1975. | 1980. | 1985. | 1990. | 1995. | 2000. | 2005. | 2014. | Projections. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States. | 2 | 299 | 2,422 | 18,638 | 31,139 | 26,008 | 27,519 | 23,368 | 21,392 | 10,904 | 10,577 | 8,360 | 7,700 | 7,260 | 3,620 (for 2022) |
Russia. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37,000 | 27,000 | 21,500 | 17,000 | 7,500 | 3,350 (for 2022) |
Soviet Union. | 0 | 5 | 200 | 1,605 | 6,129 | 11,643 | 19,055 | 30,062 | 39,197 | 37,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
United Kingdom. | 0 | 0 | 14 | 42 | 436 | 394 | 492 | 492 | 422 | 422 | 422 | 281 | 281 | 215 | 180 (for around 2025) |
France. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 36 | 188 | 250 | 360 | 505 | 500 | 470 | 350 | 300 | N/A |
China. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 75 | 180 | 205 | 243 | 232 | 234 | 232 | 235 | 260 | 150-220 (for 2020) |
Israel. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 31 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 80 | 80 | 65-85 (for 2020) |
India. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 44 | 90-110 | 50-70 (for 2020) |
South Africa. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 28 | 38 | 100-120 | 150-200 (for 2021) |
North Korea. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 8 | 6-8 | N/A |
Kazakhstan. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,410 (1991) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ukraine. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,240 (1991) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Belarus. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | At least 81 (1991) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Unknown, but only a few as of 2024. |
Estonia. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ~10 (1991) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Uzbekistan. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ~5 (1991) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Armenian. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ~5 (1991) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Georgia. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ~5 (1991) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lithuania. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ~12 (1991) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
According to other online sources[]
2020[]
- N. Korea ~10-16, probably 10-12.
- Iran ~1-4, probably 2-4.
2017[]
- USA 6,800 warheads
- Russia 7,000 warheads
- UK 215 warheads
- France 300 warheads
- China 270 warheads
- India 110–120 warheads
- Pakistan 120-130 warheads
- Israel 80 warheads
- NK <10 warheads
2015[]
- Russia 7,500
- USA 7,200
- France 300
- China 250
- UK 215
- Pakistan 100-120
- India 90-110
- Israel 80
- NK under 10, but probably 5-8
2014[]
- Russia 5,000
- USA 4,400
- France 290
- China 240
- UK 195
- Israel 80
- Pakistan 200
- India 150
- Nk ~6
2013[]
- USA 4804-7,700
- Russia (USSR or RSSFR) 4480-8,500
- France 300
- China 250
- UK 225
- Pakistan 120
- India 110
- Israel 80?
- NK 5?
1983[]
- USA 23,500
- Russia (USSR) 36,000
- UK 320
- France 280
- China 380
1968[]
Sweden had planned 100 or so since 1948 for use on Poland, Soviets invading Finland and the Baltic States. They had reportedly made 10-20 (popular opinion says 16) of them by 1968. They were later alegidly destroyed after the project was cancelled.
1947[]
- USA 14.
- USSR 7.
- Anglo-Canadian 1.
- Anglo-Australian tests bomb 1
1946[]
- USA 6.
- USSR 2.
- Anglo-Canadian test bomb 1
- Anglo-Australian tests only.
1943[]
- USA tests only.
- Anglo-Canadian tests only.
- Anglo-Australian tests only.
- Japan tests only.
- Italy tests only.
- USSR tests only.
- Nazi Germany tests only.
Also see[]
- Cold War
- Atomic videos
- Atomic\nuclear war
- Cuban Missile Crisis
- Atomic warfare information notes.
- Bomb blast effects
- Chalk River nuclear accident
- 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash
- 1966 Palomares B-52 crash
- 1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash
- 1987 Goiânia accident
- Leningrad Nuclear Power Plant accidents
- Balakovo Nuclear Power Plant accident
- Tennessee Valley Authority's Sequoyah 1 plant accident
- Detroit experimental reactor accident
- Lubmin nuclear power complex accidents
- 1986 Oklahoma accident
- Nuclear fallout
- Nukes
- Bombers
- The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
- Balistic missiles, missiles and milletry rockets
- The atomic artillery peace ‘Atomic Annie’
- Atomic videos
- Atomic arsenals
- Atomic power stations
- Nuclear fallout
- Atomic accidents and disasters
- Atomic\nuclear power stations
- Mushroom cloud
- Atomic arsenals
- Bomb blast effects
- Atomic\nuclear war
- Atomic accidents and disasters
- The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
- Atomic War
- Atomic warfare information notes.
- A nuclear\atomic holocaust or nuclear apocalypse
- Nukes
- Explosive blast\yield
- Atomic arsenals
- Bomb blast effects
- Atomic\nuclear war
- Atomic accidents and disasters
- Atomic\nuclear power stations
- Geiger-Muller counter
- "Poland is 'toast'!"
- Nuclear fallout
- Atomic videos
- Nuclear fallout
- Atomic accidents and disasters
- Atomic\nuclear power stations
- Mushroom cloud
- Atomic arsenals
- Bomb blast effects
- Atomic\nuclear war
- Atomic accidents and disasters
- The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
- Atomic War
- Atomic warfare information notes.
- A nuclear\atomic holocaust or nuclear apocalypse
- Nukes
- Explosive blast\yield
- Atomic arsenals
- Bomb blast effects
- Atomic\nuclear war
- Atomic accidents and disasters
- Atomic\nuclear power stations
- Geiger-Muller counter
- "Poland is 'toast'!"
- Nuclear fallout
- Atomic videos
- A surprise nuclear attack
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