Nuclear Weapons: A Visual Timeline

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Over 2,000 atomic bombs have been detonated worldwide since 1945. This is a brief timeline showing every blast on a world map up until 1998. Nuclear Weapons: A Visual Timeline

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Read more about the history of nuclear weapons testing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_testing

"Revolve" a song by HisBoyElroy used under the creative commons license:
http://ccmixter.org/files/hisboyelroy/430

The full test world map timeline by artist Isao Hashimoto:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfpQNfcRE1o&feature=related

Blast videos:
The US "Trinity" atomic test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFZvCJYDme0
Hiroshima
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtSt5XZ7fq4&feature=related
Nagasaki:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B5CYlizb9c
1st Soviet test "RDS-1":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NYhWVNjKpw&feature=related
1st British test "Hurricane":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAlcMPti7EA
US tests first hydrogen bomb "Ivy Mike":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D9c9kQDMis
French test 1st nuke "Gerboise Bleue":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-a30Yjc9Ys
USSR tests largest weapon ever ("Tsar Bomba"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGX8uq1e4Mo&hd=1
China tests first nuclear weapon "596":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wYxcytt-6s&feature=related
India's first test "Smiling Buddha":
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ce5_1244045668
Pakistan's first atomic bomb test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR3lsTX_rLg

North Korea South Africa United States of America France UK Britain Germany Japan India Pakistan Israel South Africa Bomb blast explosion hydrogen atomic bomb weapons killed hiroshima nagasaki truman eisenhower roosevelt war world war ii 2 ww3 china russa ussr international political science news politics fission physical education teaching strategies, special education teaching strategies, educational teaching strategies, teaching strategies, education teaching strategies Nuclear Weapons: A Visual Timeline A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The first fission ("atomic") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 20,000 tons of TNT. The first thermonuclear ("hydrogen") bomb test released the same amount of energy as approximately 10,000,000 tons of TNT. Since the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons have been detonated on over two thousand occasions for testing purposes and demonstrations. Only a few nations possess such weapons or are suspected of seeking them. The only countries known to have detonated nuclear weapons—and that acknowledge possessing such weapons—are (chronologically by date of first test) the United States, the Soviet Union (succeeded as a nuclear power by Russia), the United Kingdom, France, the People's Republic of China, India, Pakistan, and North Korea. In addition, Israel is also widely believed to possess nuclear weapons, though it does not acknowledge having them. One state, South Africa, fabricated nuclear weapons in the past, but as its apartheid regime was coming to an end it disassembled its arsenal, acceded to the NPT and accepted full-scope international safeguards.

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Comments

Why does France need nukes? It doesn't take nuclear weapons to surrender.

piratetiki1705

What god will said OK whit this

Alex HAMILTON

LOL. India's Atomic bomb just looked like a couple of hundred land mines going off 

V3YRONS

Megadeth.

NOEID idk

In the first tests, yes. Only later were they protected or simply set up just one camera.

Tobias L.

The Tsar bomb. that...was...huge...and, EPIC!

Orion Lehmann

And after watching anime you realize that two nukes wasn't enough.

Vidk1ng

I wasn't aware that owning a nuclear weapon made a country badass

Matthew Patrick

Go back in the kitchen pussy.

papi4life90

South Africa ,,,,,I'm in a country full of sissies

drummer1604

Another country that surrendered it's atomic weapons was Republic of Belarus. After the dissolution of USSR there were lots of nukes left within Belarusian borders. And guys returned them to Russia in exchange for some more useful stuff.

QuaQuoHD

I don't know much about nuclear weapons, but wouldn't the people filming the blasts absorb some radiation or something?

Abraham Calderon

Còn hơn vn...cho mình bom hạt nhân cũng không có chuyên gia để nghiên cứu

hoang nguyen

USS barako at Enewetak atoll was there first hydrogen nuke exploded

MrStudmouse

Bad mad people mad-bad people ts-ts-ts

Jimulis Jim

Fault of the jews

funkyshiz00

Soviet ones where pretty big....

cjb0013

You people who hate on america sound like a bunch of children..americans are too dumb actually? lol well your face is stupid....germans started the development of the bomb but physicist from all over including american perfected it and made it work. scientist created the bomb..not a single country

itzamia

Must have been a lot of uranium used :P

GCTutorialsRE

The indian was a stink bomb

cunnyall

What is the name of this music?

Ken Miller

Para que hacer estas malditas pruebas queiren acabar con el mundo, la humanidad?..de verdad a veces pienso y los humanos son los que menos razon de la vida tienen ...

andyttooz mt

What in the world is your problem? I'm not critisizing anyone. I was just asking when did the germany tested their own bomb. You got some problem.

Roshan Babu Sundararaj

Yeah, so let's just drop some more nuclear weapons. Is that what you're trying to say? *facepalm

Mindbender05

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