Did China's nuclear tests kill thousands and doom future generations?

Couldn't the same be said for all of the testing conducted on American soil as well. Nevada and New Mexico both share a couple hundred tests, if not more. Shit we even vacated an atoll of it's native population and nuked the piss out of it.

Hey! That atoll had it coming! At least we evacuated it first, right?

Ahh, the atom never sleeps.

The first space shot from China burned a town down. I (wander) if anyone was on the first shot?

its ridiculous that i'm only Just finding out about this now! I mean nuclear tests in inhabited area's for nearly three decades, I figure I would've read this in some world history book or something.

If this is true, China just got a megaton funnier.

How is it that He or she is not sick?
Also in 1973 there were already satellites that could detect these kinds of detonations and the radiation they release. In the late 70's South Africa tested a small bomb and by the next day everyone knew about it.

Not that I dont give credit to the Chinese test but the minute the clip mentions the Uygurs, I sense where this is going.

the answer is no

Nuclear bombs and fission are NEVER an option.

the Peacemakers need to ensure that nuclear bombs are taken away from every single country.

Ironically, the only country that ever used a nuclear weapon on another was the grand ole' USA and we're the biggest hypocrites of all.

Once a nation gets its hands on a nuclear capability of any kind they just cannot wait to weaponize it and try it out.

This is completely and utterly UNACCEPTABLE.

If no country had nukes, there wouldn't be the burning DESIRE to use them against others.

Israel is a prime example.

I say take away all nukes everywhere starting with the US, Russia, China, Israel, Iran. And see how things change forever!

Yup, good Idea. Then the only people that would have nukes would be Iran and North Korea. That sounds MUCH better......

I am pretty sure that us using a nuke on Japan during WW2 was justified considering the amount of casualties that we (and them for that matter) would of sustained in a n invasion of the Japanese homeland. It is easy to look in the past a criticize decisions made 60+ years ago.

**yawn**

blueghost - what a naive way to look at the world. Progress marches on - even if it is destructive. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were fully justified at the time - and not only saved hundreds of thousands lives on both sides - but also stopped Stalin from marching on to Western Europe. As inhumane and catastrophic as the two detonations were - the history proved them right. Japan is now a staunch ally of the US - and it used to be a very violent, aggressive nation throughout history. No - please don't apply this logic to the US - why is it the liberals hate their own country so much?
No one is giving up the nukes they already have. After the WWII - the nukes were the only thing that kept peace between the USSR and the US. Mutually assured distruction was enough of a deterrent then - and it remains so today. In case of Israel - they are surrounded by the enemy - sworn enemy that would "throw the Jews into the sea" - if they could. So for Israel - nukes assure its existence - and notice that there haven't been any 6-on-1 wars in that part of the world since they acquired theirs. Study history - it will enlighten you on the future.
Now the case with MadJob in Iran - these folks don't mind dying as martyrs, they don't mind sacrificing millions of their own citizens - after all - in their sick mind, they'd be arranging for an early meeting with Allah. Can the world afford for the MadJob to have the nukes? I stronly believe that we can not. Israel will justifyably act (since US has no more balls under Hussein) - to take out Iranian Nuke capability - they simply can not afford to wait until it is too late. Funny thing is - they will be condemned by ALL - and will also be thanked by all via back channels - becuase like they did before with Ozirak in Iraq - they's be doing a service to the entire world.
NKorea is going to try to sell theirs to the highest bidder - after all, that is their only export - and believe me - there are plenty of consumers for this shit. Al Queda, Iran, etc. And what if we have a "nuclear event" in NY, DC or elsewhere? What then? How do we go on, how do we repopulate that which is uninhabitable, how to we respond and to who? We simply need to board those NK ships - and that means Hussein needs to grow some balls - an unlikely event, given how he just likes to go around and apologize... We're fucked... Sorry - by apologizing, bowing down and cheeck-spreading - you don't appease the evil enemy.

"Ground Zero"

Man now that's a pimp way to die...
All that fire, and radiation... Just makes me hot thinking about it! :P

If we survive as a species, future generations will not believe how close or how many times we have been to the precipice. When will we learn that there is nothing safe about radioactive substances in relation to organic life on this planet? Even when used in the medical field it is used to kill unwanted organisms. Our bassackward thought process will kill us yet.

That's so unfortunate. They're always such a tight lipped and rather oppressive government, not caring much for the citizens of their own country apparently. So sad.

Also, if we did away with nuclear power, thousands would die rather quickly. The medical isotopes used to fight cancer and other diseases are created in fissionable reactors. Should we ban those too since all it takes is an explosive to turn it into a dirty bomb?

Looking at this article reminds us that we're so lucky in
America. I really feel sorry for every single oppressed
Uygur in China's Xinjiang province. What a tragedy!
Right now we need to send a message to Beijing saying
America won't tolerate nuclear testing anywhere.

Even North Korea needs to understand the dangers.
Unless they stop their irresponsible testing, a Lop
Nur type of disaster might be happening there too.
All people reading this need to look down the road.

Let us not forget the Murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent men, women, and children in Nagasaki and Hiroshima all because America couldn't fight fair.

Nuclear weapons suck. It's kinda scary.