21-07-2012, 06:32 AM
Adele Edisen Wrote:There were numerous above-ground atomic tests during the 1950s. Reports came of cattle and sheep dying in downwind Nevada areas in those days. It really happened, Jan.
Adele
I have to admit to not having researched this completely [to the extent it is declassified], but I've read a few books and articles on the subject. I had thought that most of the way-above ground tests were done at Bikini, but I guess not. I was aware that there were on the ground or a few hundred feet above ground tests in Nevada, not at 10-16,000 ft. There are photos available of the pock-marked Nevada test site....with two types of craters - those from underground tests and those from above ground - each making their own pattern. The USA admits to several hundred tests - ditto the Russians....just the radioactive dust particles from these likely figure into the increased cancer rates around the world.....but how much was released is very much secret - and I'm sure will always remain so. However, one can test for radioactives or their decay products in the snows of the Antarctic or Greenland and see the rise starting in 1945 - and extrapolate from these findings. This has been done. The whole nuclear weapons threat is insane and few realize it is as threatening and dangerous as during the 'Cold War'...perhaps even more so. The total destructive power has never been so great and the delivery systems get more accurate all the time. The big 'advance' (sic) has been mini-nukes, which apparently can be carried in a backpack or suitcase.....and neutron bombs, that kill biological systems and leave the buildings and infrastructure. Hooray for science - NOT!:thumbsdown:
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