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Do you think anyone will ever drop a nuclear BOMB again?

El Dandy said:
That was atomic bombs.
what's the difference between atomic and nuclear?

atom bombs involve splitting the nucleus of an atom right?
 
if we can do it -- why can't others do it to us?

can't believe this country killed men, women and children -- then acted like nothing happened. Iraq is nothing compared to what the US did back then.

I'm surprised there's no japanse suicide bombers on our soil everywhere.
 
Razorguns said:
if we can do it -- why can't others do it to us?

can't believe this country killed men, women and children -- then acted like nothing happened. Iraq is nothing compared to what the US did back then.

I'm surprised there's no japanse suicide bombers on our soil everywhere.
I'm surprised of that as well. We really assraped Japan.. they don't even have much land to begin with and we tore up a couple cities...
 
Lestat said:
I'm surprised of that as well. We really assraped Japan.. they don't even have much land to begin with and we tore up a couple cities...

If we would have used nuclear weapons insted of atomic, we probably would have doubled those figures. I'm not even sure if we were even using or building nuclear weapond then.
 
Razorguns said:
if we can do it -- why can't others do it to us?

can't believe this country killed men, women and children -- then acted like nothing happened. Iraq is nothing compared to what the US did back then.

I'm surprised there's no japanse suicide bombers on our soil everywhere.

japan was preparing to fight a war to every last man woman and child on the homeland.......that would have been the longest, bloodiest war probably in all of history. we averted a lot of bloodshed by dropping those bombs.
 
jackangel said:
yeah but 89,039 japanese later went plat

so it's cool


LMFAO


:lmao:
 
atomic bombs still had plenty of cancer causing radiation and many died from it in the months/years that followed.
 
jerkbox said:
japan was preparing to fight a war to every last man woman and child on the homeland.......that would have been the longest, bloodiest war probably in all of history. we averted a lot of bloodshed by dropping those bombs.
That is the conservative line, but there was evidence that they would have worked out a surrender if their emperor was treated a certain way.
 
Lestat said:
what's the difference between atomic and nuclear?

atom bombs involve splitting the nucleus of an atom right?

Fission versus fusion.

Well, technically, an atomic bomb is a nuclear bomb. So is a hydrogen bomb. Atomic bombs use nucreal fission to generate explosion/power/whatever, while hydrogen bombs use nuclear fusion.
 
jerkbox said:
japan was preparing to fight a war to every last man woman and child on the homeland.......that would have been the longest, bloodiest war probably in all of history. we averted a lot of bloodshed by dropping those bombs.


The anticipated US casualties were estimated as high as 500,000.

People act like the Japanese who died would have somehow felt better about the experience if they had been shot or conventionally bombed instead.
 
i think latest was referring to the general class of bombs, as oshitti suggested.

so, in that sense, it's fine.

shitty.
 
Lestat said:
what's the difference between atomic and nuclear?

atom bombs involve splitting the nucleus of an atom right?

Atomic is fission, hydrogen is fusion.

I think that its likely that at some point in this century that it will occur given the intelligence age and technological means now available.
A muslim bomb is what is most worriesome where the use of it would not be based on conquest or attack but theological reasons with little fear of death in return, like destroying Israel.
India and Pakistan are both nuclear and have had longrunning battles disputes of Kashmir region. I think thats less likely, but Musharraf of Pakistan might be overthrown, again not as likely, but if that happened the muslim bomb in radical hands would again be a worry.
Iran is a theological state and is the largest state sponsor of terror. They are very well along the lines of having a bomb. And Israel nuclear as well doesnt like that no notion given the funding of anti israeli terror groups.
Bin laden had been eagerly seeking the bomb and had help from high level pakistani nuke scientists. Brazil now wants to develop its own nuclear arsenal.
And lets not even discuss N. Korea.
 
A memorable episode of The Bionic Woman featured the threat of a cobalt bomb. A main character in Repo Man was a designer of the neutron bomb.

Dont forget those types and today most bombs combine both fission and fusion, setting off a small fission explosion to reach the energy to start the fusion chain reaction.
 
You all dont know much about WWII.

More people died during the fire storms from carpet bombing... and much more painfully.

But its ok because those were conventional bombs?

We didnt have a CHOICE. It was the bombs or full invasion.. The Japanese would not have surrendered if we invaded.. no more than ANY American would surrender if some country invaded us..
 
Milo Hobgoblin said:
We didnt have a CHOICE. It was the bombs or full invasion.. The Japanese would not have surrendered if we invaded.. no more than ANY American would surrender if some country invaded us..


precisely.
 
People have debated for years about the dropping of the a bombs. The arguments on both sides have solidified and each their own merit and are much more complex to list in this forum, beyond the simplistic it was wrong or it was right and here is my one sentence reason why.
 
skacorica said:
reminds me of the song..."neutron bomb, yeah the neutron bomb..."


LOL, wasnt there are a song called the neutron dance as well.
 
jestros said:
#1 Pearl Harbor was a military target
#2 We most likely knew the attack was coming
#3 Nagasaki and Hiroshima and no military value

And your point is what? And we weren't at war the japs when they bombed pearl harbour now were we. And I believe we were at war when we bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima were we not? War is Hell the japs should have thought of that before they woke up a the sleeping giant.
 
Japan wanted to give up, but Roosevelt stuck to his Unconditional terms
including the royal family losing power.

They said OK then, we don't surrender...

and we said 'Oh yea" ?
Watch this..
 
curling said:
And your point is what? And we weren't at war the japs when they bombed pearl harbour now were we. And I believe we were at war when we bombed Nagasaki and Hiroshima were we not? War is Hell the japs should have thought of that before they woke up a the sleeping giant.
Do a little reading. You love this country right? Well, it might be a good idea to learn its history. No offense, aww who am I kidding :D
Any way we had the "japs" in an embargo. We cut them off from the worlds trade, and they would have run out of oil in six months. And we left them the juicy target of pearl harbor, basicaly unprotected. Do the math.
 
The same reasoning can be used by Al Qaeda to nuke bomb us.

"The slaughter of muslims will continue. The influence of western culture on declining islamic values will continue. The US will never stop. We HAVE to do something massive in order to stop this monster".

Just change the country names and it's the same reasoning.

Anyone can _reason_ almost anything these days. Ask any lawyer. :)
 
there's all kinds of sneaky ass bombs they have now, they have one that will make you think that it's your best friend,go to a ball game with you, help you drop in that new engine, before it blows up.
 
Y_Lifter said:
Japan wanted to give up, but Roosevelt stuck to his Unconditional terms
including the royal family losing power.

They said OK then, we don't surrender...

and we said 'Oh yea" ?
Watch this..


True. Japanese thought the first bomb was an act of God and didn't believe we did it. That is when we said, ok, we will drop a bomb on this day and you will see. After the second one, they surrender. They were shitty poker players.
 
HumanTarget said:
there's all kinds of sneaky ass bombs they have now, they have one that will make you think that it's your best friend,go to a ball game with you, help you drop in that new engine, before it blows up.


Ive heard of that the beer buddy bomb! LOL
 
jestros said:
Do a little reading. You love this country right? Well, it might be a good idea to learn its history. No offense, aww who am I kidding :D
Any way we had the "japs" in an embargo. We cut them off from the worlds trade, and they would have run out of oil in six months. And we left them the juicy target of pearl harbor, basicaly unprotected. Do the math.

Well, according to this post you are giving George Bush the perfect reason to invade Iraq aren't ya?
 
Y_Lifter said:
I think the Dresden Germany Anniversary was this week..

Now THAT'S something else to NOT be proud of..


We bombed the fuck out of German cities, yet peeps somehow don't feel bad for the german lives lost. Even after the atomic bombing some in the Japenese gov't didn't want to surrender
 
jestros said:
Read it again, we embargoed, they attacked.

Don't you reckon ole Saddam would have embargoed our oil after a while? Also why did we have embargo against the japs? Weren't they trying to take over the world too with the funny man with the funny little mustache?
 
JustJacked said:
IMO, bombing japan was just a test and a way to say "anybody else fucks with us, we got lots more of these"
There is your answer folks, we were flexing our muscles for russia.
 
curling said:
I can't believe all these people are taking up for the japs and slamming the U.S. Listen, the japs started it they didn't care who they killed when they were bombing pearl harbour. So what if we bombed them. Have none of ya'll ever heard the ole saying "don't dish it out if you can't take it"



LOL....people like this are the reason GWB is president..gotta love it.
 
curling said:
Don't you reckon ole Saddam would have embargoed our oil after a while? Also why did we have embargo against the japs? Weren't they trying to take over the world too with the funny man with the funny little mustache?


curling needs to buy a Program...
can someone flag down the usher dude ?
 
jestros said:
Read it again, we embargoed, they attacked.

You act like we embargoed the poor japenese for no reason. Maybe you should do a bit of reading that you suggested to curling. Get a book on Nanking, that should explain why we embargoed Japan
 
embargoes usually end up in a conflict in my memory..

Except for Cuba that is.. and that's only because all they have is good tabacco
and lots of 57 Chevy's
 
Gambino said:
You act like we embargoed the poor japenese for no reason. Maybe you should do a bit of reading that you suggested to curling. Get a book on Nanking, that should explain why we embargoed Japan
Yes I know about the rape of Nanking. But if curling doesnt care about the "japs", why would he care about the "chinks"?
He said japan attacked us unprovoked, I was trying to point out that we should have expected it.
 
jestros said:
Yes I know about the rape of Nanking. But if curling doesnt care about the "japs", why would he care about the "chinks"?


bwahahah.. How tactfully you put that my man..
 
This song from Team America comes to mind:


I miss you more then Michael Bay missed the mark
When he made Pearl Harbor
I miss you more than that movie missed the point
And that’s an awful lot girl
And now, now you’ve gone away
And all I’m trying to say is
Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you

I need u like Ben Affleck needs acting school
He was terrible in that film
I need u like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part
He’s way better than Ben Affleck
And now all I can think about is your smile
and that shitty movie too
Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you

Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies?
I guess Pearl Harbor sucked
Just a little bit more than I miss you
 
jestros said:
Yes I know about the rape of Nanking. But if curling doesnt care about the "japs", why would he care about the "chinks"?
He said japan attacked us unprovoked, I was trying to point out that we should have expected it.

Hey, I didn't say i didn't care about the Japs(and I only call them that in referring to the japaneese we were fighting with in respect to our soldiers that fought them ww2.) I am sure they call us yanks and I don't care even though I am a rebel at heart. I like the Japaneese now they make kick ass motorcycles that wheelie down the freeway and know how to serve up some bad ass raw fish and their women are HOT!!

But war is war and don't think they wouldn't have used the a bomb on us if they had gotten the first chance. I guess you think the first person that used a machine gun against the rifle was a horrible person too huh?
 
jestros said:
Yes I know about the rape of Nanking. But if curling doesnt care about the "japs", why would he care about the "chinks"?
He said japan attacked us unprovoked, I was trying to point out that we should have expected it.

I don't think the US government at the time cared too much about the Chinese either. They were more concerned with the Japenes Navy and the island conquering (phillipines, somoa, guam, etc)

(god bless those who lost their lives in p.harbor)

To be honest, american losses at events like P.Harbor or D-Day were miniscule compared with what the Russians or Germans lost. In one battele, I think the Kursk salient, the germans lost 120,000 soliders in less than a week. If you polled Americans they proly would estimate the losses at P.harbor and D-day to be tens of thousands, when in reality we lost less than 10,000 peeps at both events. America left WW2 unscathed in a lot of ways.
 
i dont know about nuclear bombs but intend to drop some black bombs
 
Gambino said:
To be honest, american losses at events like P.Harbor or D-Day were miniscule compared with what the Russians or Germans lost. In one battele, I think the Kursk salient, the germans lost 120,000 soliders in less than a week. If you polled Americans they proly would estimate the losses at P.harbor and D-day to be tens of thousands, when in reality we lost less than 10,000 peeps at both events. America left WW2 unscathed in a lot of ways.
I can't remember the exact numbers, but I think the US lost about 300,000, russia 20,000,000 and germany 25,000,000? Thats total population, not military.

Yeah, WWII was ugly.
 
Wootoom said:
damn Lestat coming up on 14000 posts congrats bro
Thanks homie, I'll have a good dedication coming pretty quickly here
 
If I were kimjongill, or wtf his name is, and being backed into the corner by Bushco........I would wipe out every motherfuker within reach. Don't be surprised if it happens.
 
Gambino said:
I don't think the US government at the time cared too much about the Chinese either. They were more concerned with the Japenes Navy and the island conquering (phillipines, somoa, guam, etc)

(god bless those who lost their lives in p.harbor)

To be honest, american losses at events like P.Harbor or D-Day were miniscule compared with what the Russians or Germans lost. In one battele, I think the Kursk salient, the germans lost 120,000 soliders in less than a week. If you polled Americans they proly would estimate the losses at P.harbor and D-day to be tens of thousands, when in reality we lost less than 10,000 peeps at both events. America left WW2 unscathed in a lot of ways.


Pearl Harbor was about our ships. I know you know that maing, but it does an injustice to the attack to measure its effectiveness bu casualties as some have.

The Japanese plan, and it wasnt a bad one, was to knock out our Pacific fleet, threaten the wester US coast (California) and force the US into a quick capitulation in the East (ie agree to give us East, and we wont attack your mainland). If not for the fortunate absence of our Carriers it might have worked.

And all of this by the way is demonstrative of the stupidity of most arms control deals. We signed one on the 1920's after WWII that limited all the major powers to a restricted amount of ships. One problem among many (the least of which not being verification) was that the US had two oceans to defend which left us at a distinct disadvantage.
 
jestros said:
I can't remember the exact numbers, but I think the US lost about 300,000, russia 20,000,000 and germany 25,000,000? Thats total population, not military.

Yeah, WWII was ugly.

I got estimated numerous right here, outt of a college text book. Author says numbers are estimated at best:
(only soliders)
USA 362,561

Brits 264,433

Greece 79,743

Australia 27,073

Finland 27,000

Soviet Union 10,000,000

Germany 3,250,000

Japan 1,000,000

Yuogoslavia and France also lost signficant combatants
 
Lestat said:
soviets losts 10 million??? da,m

A further 3,300,000 Soivet troops died in German POW camps. 7,000,000 civilians died, brining the grand total to 20,000,000 Soviets dead. This author claims this number is conservative.
 
Gambino said:
A further 3,300,000 Soivet troops died in German POW camps. 7,000,000 civilians died, brining the grand total to 20,000,000 Soviets dead. This author claims this number is conservative.
devastating
 
Gambino said:
A further 3,300,000 Soivet troops died in German POW camps. 7,000,000 civilians died, brining the grand total to 20,000,000 Soviets dead. This author claims this number is conservative.


It was the Soviets who saved the world from the germans. when the Soviets overran the Nazi concentration camps they found enough Zyklon-B crystals to kill 20,000,000 people. but their were only 3,000,000 Jews left in Europe.
Nazi plans called for the murder of 10,000,000 non-germainic people each year. the Nazis murdered 7,000,000 Christians before they murdered any Jews.

in 6 years of war 17,000,000 able-bodied men of war were killed in battle. 18,000,000 civilians were killed as a direct result of war. and an additional 12,000,000 people were murdered by the Nazis. 5,000,000 Jews, and 7,000,000 Christians.

german cassualties: 3,250,000 battle deaths, 3,350,000 civilian deaths, and around 5,000,000 wounded. out of 20,000,000 buildings, 7,000,000 were destroyed. the war cost the Germans 272,000,000,000$
 
Total loss of life in WW2 is estimated at 50-55million lives, mostly Russian.
 
It seems that at least half of WWII was the battle between Germany and Russia.


Never occured to our historians to thank Russia for saving the world from whatever the Germans had in mind.


My high school history teacher told me that Hitler would have liked me for the blonde hair etc. Interesting.



As for Japan and the A bomb.....it is clear, to me, that we could have waited more than 3 days to drop the second of the two.
 
Razorguns said:
if we can do it -- why can't others do it to us?

can't believe this country killed men, women and children -- then acted like nothing happened. Iraq is nothing compared to what the US did back then.

I'm surprised there's no japanse suicide bombers on our soil everywhere.

Read up on the atrocities committed by the Japanese during the war. Better yet talk to a veteran about how they behaved.
You won't believe what THEY did and now act as if nothing happened.

Why is it so popular these days to hate and be disgusted with everything the U.S.A. has ever done?

Glad I missed that boat.
 
BrothaBill said:
Atomic is fission, hydrogen is fusion.

I think that its likely that at some point in this century that it will occur given the intelligence age and technological means now available.
A muslim bomb is what is most worriesome where the use of it would not be based on conquest or attack but theological reasons with little fear of death in return, like destroying Israel.
India and Pakistan are both nuclear and have had longrunning battles disputes of Kashmir region. I think thats less likely, but Musharraf of Pakistan might be overthrown, again not as likely, but if that happened the muslim bomb in radical hands would again be a worry.
Iran is a theological state and is the largest state sponsor of terror. They are very well along the lines of having a bomb. And Israel nuclear as well doesnt like that no notion given the funding of anti israeli terror groups.
Bin laden had been eagerly seeking the bomb and had help from high level pakistani nuke scientists. Brazil now wants to develop its own nuclear arsenal.
And lets not even discuss N. Korea.
Even if Musharraf is overthrown, it would be by another general.
There may be a very small minority of junior officers shympathetic to fundamentalists, but all the generals are nationalist and none of them is sympathetic to fundamentalists. One or two generals who had ties with the Taliban since the Afghan war against Soviet Union had been forced to retire.
Chain of command is always very strictly followed in Pakistan army.

If India attacks Pakistan, a short war (upto 3 months) would be stalemate.
If there is prolonged war, India would have upper hand because it is much larger countries.
If Pakistan is in danger of being overun by India, then their would be a nuclear war.
This is how small countries survive: North Korea provided Pakistan with missile technology that is superior to India's. Pakistan provided nuclear technology to North Korea.
You scratch my back, I scratch yours.
 
jestros said:
#2 We most likely knew the attack was coming


2) Yeah, we let those Americans die because we WANTED to get involved in a War where we'd lose hundreds of thousands of more lives. Good logic

Anyways, the bombings were a good thing (as good as killing tens of thousands of people can be). There's no way Japan would've surrendered to the US, even AFTER we invaded the country. The bombings saved millions of allied lives. Yes, millions. If the Japanese were given the option to drop atomic bombs in the US, they would have done it in less than a hummingbird's heart-beat. War is war, and casualties are to be expected.


EDIT: I hate it when people criticize American action when we're at war or another military conflict. It happened in WWII, many times since then, and now in Iraq. Oh no, we killed 2 civilians in a raid. "That makes us worse than they are." I love that fucking line...they're cutting off livling peoples heads and killing women for wearing dresses, not to mention killing tens of thousands of our citizens, but we're "WORSE THAN THEM" because we blew up a mosque that they were hiding in and two citizens were killed as a result of the flying debris.
 
CrazyRussian said:
The bombings saved millions of allied lives.

So using that same logic. If Japan had done the same thing -- you would've supported them? Or it all depends on which side you're on?

I guess nuke's are only necessary if you're losing.

too many people are prejudiced when they discuss war. Opinions are always slanted depending on who you ask and what country you live in. I'm sure the japanese have a completely different view of it.
 
Razorguns said:
So using that same logic. If Japan had done the same thing -- you would've supported them? Or it all depends on which side you're on?

I guess nuke's are only necessary if you're losing.

too many people are prejudiced when they discuss war. Opinions are always slanted depending on who you ask and what country you live in. I'm sure the japanese have a completely different view of it.

No way....I'm sure their history books say that they attacked freedom on Dec 7th, 1941.
 
Ya know, being an American citizen and all, I consider it a good thing. Had I been a Japanese citizen at the time, I would have considered it a bad thing. There's this thing called nationalism...you guys shoud look it up one day.

BTW, to Bin Laden, us killing al Qaeda members is a tragedy. That means we shouldn't be doing it, right? I'm sure your liberal newspapers say that an attack on al Qaeda is an attack on freedom of speech and human rights.

EDIT: Razorguns, by your definition, all war and killing is bad. If you look at it with a completely unbiased point of view, all it is is a bunch of people killing a bunch of other people over a piece of land, or for oil :rolleyes:, etc . One side can't be right, because, of course, we're completely unbiased. That's a great way to look at things
 
i love all the people in this country that bitch about how bad war is and blah,blah,blah. well if a bunch of REAL men had not of stood up for their country and went to war , you prob wouldnt be able to sit here and bitch about how terrible ur freedom is.......just my .02
 
hotzie said:
you prob wouldnt be able to sit here and bitch about how terrible ur freedom is.......just my .02

No. We leave that job for the French. The ungrateful people WE gave our lives for.
 
Why Should We(the People) even Have to Worry About a Nuke?


oh..and CrazyRussian......Nationalism isnt a Good thing Dude.I think You Should Look It Up.

I bet you Find Some Good Nazi reading.

not a Slam just Trying to Help
.
 
Razor. horse shit about losing. It was making a statement.
If we were in a war as huge as WW2 now I wouldn't think twice about tactical nuke use.
Bin Laden, I believe is dead. It does not amtter Allawi is there to take his place. I value American, Canadien and Mexican lives more so than muslim extremists. Screw them. Kick their asses. Protect ours.
 
I have here a very old letter, written to a Mrs. Bixby in Boston. "Dear Madam: I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of......five......sons.... who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved..... and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully, Abraham Lincoln."
 
It will 1 of 3.

A china internal conflict.
A North Korea v South Korea conflict
A India v pakistan conflict

In 1994 Pakistan was going to launch nukes into India and vice-a-versa when the Kashmere fighting was peaking. WE and other nuclear powers went to each country and did informational presentations telling each country what would happen and that no one in the world would be there to help. Because it would be impossible to help anyone in the region for over 100 years.

They both backed down.
 
BrothaBill said:
Total loss of life in WW2 is estimated at 50-55million lives, mostly Russian.

How does this compare to the Bubonic Plague of the 1300s, both in terms of raw numbers, and percentage of population killed.

One difference would be that the plague I don't believe discriminated, while war takes its toll on able-bodied men.
 
CrazyRussian said:
2) Yeah, we let those Americans die because we WANTED to get involved in a War where we'd lose hundreds of thousands of more lives. Good logic
Ok. So, you believe we had no idea Japan would attack us. As I said before the situation was this.
Japan was aggresively attacking all over. We set up an embargo. They would have run out of oil in six months, grinding their offensive to a halt.
We have people in the government who go over all the decisions we make. So you are saying that the people in the know had a descusion like this.

"Look, these crazy bastards are causing alot of trouble. Why dont we cut them off and back them in a corner. Because that will surely make them behave, they will probably thank us. Ok boys, works done lets go to the bar."

I'm not saying it was wrong to sanction them, I'm saying if no-one was expecting an attack, they were idiots. And therefore, that makes you an idiot as well.
 
War is the ends to solidify political means. If it means dropping nuclear payload onto the "enemy" to get them to agree to political terms , then that's what will be done. This is true for any side of a war.

There is no use in rationalizing the use of force to gian control of an "enemy" It's like being in a fist fight and asking the other guy "why'd u punch me" after he did it.

I don't believe all this talk about disarmament. I know the USAF still has more nukes then any group in the world and they can drop them at a push of a button.
 
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