 | Atom bomb of Nagasaki Americas Atom bomb in nagasaki and its consequences. |
 | Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Fat Man Bockscar-A Guided Tour A guided tour showing the B-29 airplane. The Bockscar, used in Nagasaki, and the Enola Gay, used in Hiroshima were B-29s. Also shows the bombs Little Boy and Fat Man. The B-29 was used in a variety of historic, tragic, unusual, and memorable missions. Video shows the B-29 bomber. This plane carried the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The B-29 Superfortress was a four-engine propeller-driven strategic bomber used by the US in WWII. The B-29 is one of the largest planes used during WWII; it was designed as a high-altitude daytime bomber, but also used as a low-altitude nighttime incendiary bomber. The actual Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Bockscar, that dropped the bomb on Nagasaki is on display at the Air Force Museum at WPAFB. This Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Bockscar, dropped the second atomic bomb (plutonium bomb), called Fatboy, on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. This B-29 returned to the United States in November 1945, where it was assigned to the 509th at Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico. In August 1946, it was assigned to the 4105th Base Unit at Davis-Monthan Army Air Field in Arizona. In September 1946, its title was passed to the Air Force Museum (currently the National Museum of the United States Air Force) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, and it was moved there until September 26, 1961. Many reports about Roswell say that a B-29 was used to carry crates from Roswell to Fort Worth, TX. At least one of the crates was reported to be approximately twelve feet long, five feet wide, and four feet high. Four armed MPs accompanied this crate. It would have fit into this plane. |
 | The Trinity Test 1945 The "Trinity" test was the first test of a nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States on July 16, 1945 at 33.675° N 106.475° W, thirty miles (48 km) southeast of Socorro on what is now White Sands Missile Range, headquartered near Alamogordo, New Mexico. It was a test of an implosion-design plutonium bomb, the same type of weapon later dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. The detonation was equivalent to the explosion of around 20 kilotons of TNT, and is usually credited as the beginning of the Atomic Age. |
 | PLUTONIAN ODE HIROSHIMA NUCLEAR TESTING The estimated "physically present" population of Hiroshima on August 6 1945 was 340,000--350,000. Nagasaki's estimated "physically present" population on August 9 was 90,000--120,000. The images and audio in this film are public domain and/or offered by creative commons and are available for download and reproduction at the internet archive, the Prelinger archives, C.E. Price and from the U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office Las Vegas, NV and it is is a very good resource. http://www.nv.doe.gov/ Allen Ginsberg Reads His Poem "Plutonian Ode" Date: 1989-07-25 00:00:00 Recorded by: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Available for download on the Internet Archive - Naropa Poetics Audio Archives http://www.archive.org/detailAllen_Ginsberg__Anne_Waldman__Michael_Mc_89P162 "Plutonian Ode" a film by owen plotkin The US detonated 1,030 nuclear devices between years 1945 and 1992. Plutonian Ode - combines scientific info on 24,000-year cycle of the Great Year compared with equal half-life of Plutonium waste, accounting Homeric formula for appeasing underground millionaire Pluto Lord of Death, jack in the gnostic box of Aeons, and Adamantine Truth of ordinary mind inspiration, unhexing nuclear ministry of fear. - a.g. Allen Ginsberg led a peaceful protest outside a plutonium bomb trigger factory, in which he succeeded with his friends to stop a train carrying nuclear waste. Plutonian Ode What new element before us unborn in nature? Is there a new thing under the Sun? At last inquisitive Whitman a modern epic, detonative, Scientific theme First penned unmindful by Doctor Seaborg with poison- ous hand, named for Death's planet through the sea beyond Uranus whose chthonic ore fathers this magma-teared Lord of Hades, Sire of avenging Furies, billionaire Hell- King worshipped once with black sheep throats cut, priests's face averted from underground mysteries in single temple at Eleusis, Spring-green Persephone nuptialed to his inevitable Shade, Demeter mother of asphodel weeping dew, her daughter stored in salty caverns under white snow, black hail, grey winter rain or Polar ice, immemor- able seasons before Fish flew in Heaven, before a Ram died by the starry bush, before the Bull stamped sky and earth or Twins inscribed their memories in clay or Crab'd flood washed memory from the skull, or Lion sniffed the lilac breeze in Eden-- " FROM THE WHITE HOUSE : Encouraging Next Generation Nuclear Power and Fusion www.whitehouse.gov/ omb/budget/fy2005/energy.html The Administration has taken steps to encourage nuclear power as a clean, reliable, and affordable source of electricity in the coming decades, including streamlining the permitting process for new nuclear power plants, proposing tax changes to help ensure that nuclear plant decommissioning costs are adequately funded, providing a deep geological repository for high-level nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain site, and proposing extension of the Price-Anderson nuclear liability Act. The 2005 Budget continues these efforts by providing $31 million for research and development on Generation IV nuclear power technology, a $7 million increase over 2004 funding. Generation IV technology offers the promise of a safe, economic, and proliferation-resistant source of clean nuclear power and hydrogen. The Budget also continues research on advanced, proliferation-resistant nuclear fuel that would allow the Nation to extract the energy potential from spent nuclear fuel and dramatically reduce the quantity and toxicity of remaining waste. In January 2003, President Bush committed the United States to participate in negotiations on the largest and most technologically sophisticated energy research project in the world—the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)—to harness the promise of fusion energy, the form of energy that powers the sun. The United States and its international partners—the European Union, Japan, Russia, China, and South Korea—plan to reach a consensus decision on the site for ITER early in 2004. If successful, this cost-shared $5 billion research project will help develop fusion's potential as a commercially viable and clean source of energy in the middle of the century. The $38 million provided for this international partnership in the 2005 Budget, a $30 million increase over 2004 funding, will ensure that the United States is prepared to participate fully in this important project. |
 | Nukes 3of6: The Implosion Bomb and Uranium Enrichment Lecture by Professor Richard Muller of the University California, Berkeley. Taken from Lecture 7 of the spring 2006 webcasts of Physics For Future Presidents. Also known as Descriptive Introduction to Physics. Empahsis is on conceptual understanding, rather than mathematics. This lecture deals with nuclear reactions, bombs and reactors. Also some information about the nuclear programme of Iraq in the 90s and North Korea recently. All Lectures: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=095393D5B42B2266 |
 | Syrian/NK nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel A video about the nuclear facility Syria was building with NK help to create material for a plutonium bomb. |
 | Robby Benson: A 'Die Laughing' Can-Can! A fun Tribute Video to Robby's 1980 comedy-'Die Laughing! Robby did all of his own stunts for this one! All young cabbie Daniel Pinsky wants is a chance at the big time with his band 'Rush Hour.' Through an unusual turn of events he finds himself being framed for the murder of a scientist. He was in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. Now with monkey and love-struck friend in tow, Pinsky's a wanted young man. To add to the mayhem he's being chased all over town by kooks trying to get the formula. He hilariously outruns and outwits them at every turn, but most importantly he must make it to the battle of the bands semi-finals! Enjoy! Love Valerie and Ginger *-D |
 | British Nuclear Test "Hurricane" Great Britan's first nuclear weapons test, code named "Hurricane". Hurricane was the culmination of many years of nuclear research conducted by Great Britain, the start of which dated back to 1940 when Otto Frisch and Rudolf Peierls made the first theoretically sound critical mass calculations. The site chosen for the test was at the Monte Bello Islands off the West Coast of Australia. In September 1950, Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies made an agreement with Great Britain to use Australia as a nuclear test site in exchange for nuclear technology. The Hurricane device was very similar to the U.S. Mk-3 "Fatman" plutonium implosion bomb. Since the Windscale nuclear plant was unable to manufacture the necessary plutonium needed by August 1, 1952 for the test, some Canadian plutonium was also used in the core of the atomic device. The device used a levitated pit, which not only increased the power of the bomb, but also served as a safety precaution as the core could be inserted into the device shortly before the firing. At Woolwich the high explosives assembly was prepared for the implosion device. It was decided to fire the bomb inside the hull of the River-class frigate HMS Plym. This was done so that the effects of a nuclear detonation on board a ship could be understood, simulating the scenario of a nuclear device being smuggled into a harbor and detonated. While a tower detonation would be more adequate for the collection of diagnostic data, a ship detonation was used because it presented a more 'realistic' option in terms of information gathered for civil defense purposes. The atomic device, minus the plutonium core, was loaded on the HMS Plym at Sheerness dockyard prior to its ten thousand mile voyage. The escort carrier HMS Campania, the flagship of the convey, set sail from Portsmouth bound for the Monte Bello Islands on June 10, 1952. Lead by Captain A.D. Torlesse, the expedition to test Britain's first atomic device consisted of five ships and 1,500 personnel. Concern arose about the possible crash of the fissile core transport aircraft and a peculiar contingency plan was formulated. The core would be contained in a case that would float in water, in the event of a crash into the sea. Prior to bailing out of the aircraft, one of the crew members would collect the case and parachute to the ocean holding it at all times. The fissile core was safely delivered to the Monte Bello Islands on September 15, 1952. The day before the shot one remaining scientist on board the HMS Plym switched on and armed the firing circuits. He then delivered a master switch to the control bunker where the firing circuit was completed. Hurricane was fired in the lagoon 400 yards off Trimouille Island at 59:24 on October 3, 1952 (GMT). The explosion had a yield of 25 kilotons and vaporized the HMS Plym. The device itself was located 8 feet under the water line and 40 feet above the ocean floor. The resulting explosion left a crater on the lagoon seabed 20 feet deep and 1,000 feet across. Small fires were caused by the explosion on Trimouille Island. The cloud from the explosion rose to an altitude of 15,000 feet. This was a low altitude for such a test mainly due to the dry air at the time and the presence of a strong inversion layer at that altitude. The blast was observed by men stationed at the Control Point on Hermite Island and from the HMS Campania, which had put to sea for the shot. William Penney observed the explosion from the HMS Campania. Heavy contamination was recorded north of the blast zone by the first survey teams that re-entered the site shortly after the blast to collect instruments. The southerly Leeuwin current would carry much of the fallout back toward the western Australian coast. One of the landing craft was sunk due to contamination and 30 barrels of radioactive waste collected during clean up operations was dumped into the sea. In November 1953, the first nuclear weapon entered the British stockpile. The Blue Danube plutonium bomb was based mainly on the Hurricane design and was technically similar to the U.S. Mk-4. The weapon used a 60 inch, 32 lens implosion system and a levitated core suspended within a hollow uranium tamper. |
 | Baker nuclear test The Baker underwater nuclear test of a 21ktn plutonium bomb in 1946 |
 | AVIATION TO SPACE-WRIGHT BROS. SR-71 F-22 STEALTH APOLLO From the Wright Brother's airplane to the stealth to the space program, Purdue University is important in aviation. The first Purdue graduate to become an aviator received his flight instruction from Orville Wright himself. Purdue is noted for leading-edge technology. Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, was a consultant for aeronautics and for women's careers. (Purdue's Earhart Hall.) In the 1960s and 1970s-the years of the "Space Race," Purdue University became almost predominate. Graduates ranged from Neil Armstrong, first person to walk on another world, to Eugene Cernan, who was the last. Virgil "Gus" Grissom became one of NASA's seven original astronauts. (Purdue University's Grissom Hall.) Over a third of all U.S. manned space flights have had at least one Purdue graduate on board. The F-117 Stealth Fighter (Nighthawk) uses the "F" designation, however, it is chiefly a ground-attack plane sometimes used as a bomber. Because the strength of a radar return is proportional to the edge configuration of an object, the plane has a boxy, aerodynamically unstable appearance. Its stealth technology also includes its surface coating. The GBU-27, a 2200 lb. laser-guided bomb, used in Baghdad, Iraq, was designed specifically for use for it. The SR-71, Blackbird, has a top speed of Mach 3.5 -- more than 3 times the speed of sound. Its actual top speed may be classified and some say it has flown at speeds up to Mach 14. It is 107 feet long with a maximum altitude of over 100,000 feet and has stealth capabilities. Some think a replacement, the Aurora, is entering service. The SR-71 may still be the world's fastest airplane. Some may have been brought back into service. The T-38, Talon, is an advanced, twin engine, high-altitude, supersonic jet. The Northrop jet is the only supersonic trainer in the world, used by few countries, and was used with the SR-71. Versions are still in use. The B-2, stealth bomber is made by Northrop Grumman. This multi-role heavy bomber can deploy both nuclear and conventional weapons. Paul Tibbets, who died 07.11.01 in Columbus, Ohio, was the US pilot who initiated the age of nuclear warfare when he dropped the atom bomb "Little Boy'' on Hiroshima in World War II. Also at Wright-Patterson is the ACTUAL Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Bockscar, which dropped the second atomic bomb (plutonium bomb), called Fat boy/Fatboy/Fat Man, on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The world's first operational jet fighter was the Messerschmitt, Me 262. Its engine, the Junkers Jumo 004 Turbojet, began in 1937. Also shown is the huge B-52D Stratofortress. Many experimental airplanes can be viewed at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. They can be seen flying over the base, on the runways, and in the Air and Space Museum, including the: YF-22, Flying Tiger, AVF-117 Stealth Fighter Nighthawk B-29 Superfortress Nagasaki Japan B-52D Stratofortress Laser Gilded Bomb Baghdad B-29 bomb Nagasaki "fat boy" F 117 Stealth Bomber B-2 Tacit Blue, possible Laser Airplane, X-13 Vertijet, Fa989, AC-130A Hercules, YF-F fighter jet, YF-5A, X-3, Martin X-24B and U-2 |
 | HEADLINE NEWS WITH DBICKFORDTRUTHTV HARRY S. TRUMAN IS A TERRORIST HE ORDERED THE KILLING OF 240 THOUSAND INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ON AUGUST 6, 1945!! USA GOVERNMENT ARE A BUNCH OF MURDERING LYING BASTARDS!!! At 8.15 am on 6 August 1945, United States dropped the uranium atom bomb "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima. It had an explosive yield of around 15,000 tons of TNT. 90,000 were killed immediately and 145,000 within months. Three days later on 9 August 1945 at 11.02 am, the United States dropped the plutonium atom bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki. The plutonium bomb had an explosive yield of 21,000 tons of TNT. 45,000 were killed immediately and 75,000 more were dead by the end of 1945. "A single nuclear weapon contains almost ten times the explosive force delivered by all of the allied air forces in the Second World War". -President John F. Kennedy - Commencement Address at American University in Washington, 10 June 1963 "A bomb can now be manufactured which will be 25000 times as powerful as that which destroyed Hiroshima." - Betrand Russell The Record Speaks... Harry S. Truman, Diary, July 25, 1945 "We have discovered the most terrible bomb in the history of the world.... This weapon is to be used against Japan between now and August 10th. I have told the Sec. of War, Mr. Stimson, to use it so that military objectives and soldiers and sailors are the target and not women and children. Even if the Japs are savages, ruthless, merciless and fanatic, we as the leader of the world for the common welfare cannot drop that terrible bomb on the old capital or the new. He and I are in accord. The target will be a purely military one" US President Harry S.Truman Address to the Nation, 6 August 1945 "Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima, an important Japanese Army base. That bomb had more power than 20,000 tons of TNT. It had more than 2,000 times the blast power of the British "Grand Slam," which is the largest bomb ever yet used in the history of warfare. The Japanese began the war from the air at Pearl Harbor. They have been repaid manyfold. And the end is not yet. With this bomb we have now added a new and revolutionary increase in destruction to supplement the growing power of our armed forces. In their present form these bombs are now in production, and even more powerful forms are in development." Emperor Hirohito, Acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, 14 August 1945 "..the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization..." To Bomb or Not to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki - a Debate on the Uses of Terrorism? : Szilard Petition, J. R. Oppenheimer, Henry L. Stimson - June/August 1945 "We, the undersigned scientists, have been working in the field of atomic power for a number of years. ..The war has to be brought speedily to a successful conclusion and the destruction of Japanese cities by means of atomic bombs may very well be an effective method of warfare. |
 | Operation Teapot - Met Shot MET stands either for "Military Effects Test" or "Military Effects Tower" (according to Frank Shelton). This was a LASL test of a composite U-233/plutonium bomb core (the first test by the U.S. to use U-233) in a Mk 7 HE assembly. The 30 inch diameter spherical implosion system weighed 800 lb. The primary purpose was to evaluate the destructive effects of nuclear explosions for military purposes. For this reason, the DOD specified that a device must be used that had a yield calibrated to within +/- 10%, and the Buster Easy device design was selected (this test gave 31 kt and used a plutonium/U-235 core). LASL weapon designers however decided to conduct a weapon design experiment with this shot, and unbeknownst to the test effect personnel substituted the untried U-233 core. The predicted yield was 33 kt. The actual 22 kt was 33% below this, seriously compromising the data collected. |
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