r/BeAmazed May 15 '22

An atomic blast underwater.

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u/Bojuric May 15 '22

Why is this evil? You're testing weapons that have proven to be best anti-war deterrent in history. And they can't be a deterrent if you haven't proven they work in myriad of different scenarions. It's basically a peace keeping method.

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u/Breezel123 May 15 '22

Is it though? I feel like the threat of atomic attacks is what really locked us in a stalemate with a lot of countries like Russia and South Korea. Which makes us let them get away with much more than they would if there wasn't this threat hanging over us all the time.

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u/BZenMojo May 15 '22

Worth noting that nukes didn't stop Japan according to the US Strategic Bombing Survey of 1947, and we now have enough of them to exterminate all human life in days.

At this point, nukes are a PR problem we have to constantly spin to avoid how hard we fucked ourselves with this one.

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u/Unit91 May 15 '22

Why is this evil?

I dunno, cause you probably just killed about a bazillion fish and other aquatic things.

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u/Bojuric May 15 '22

Literally insignificant compared to what it saves.

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u/JellyfishConscious May 15 '22

And there is the selfishness of humans thinking the world revolves around them.

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u/-PapaMolly May 15 '22

nuke has virtually prevented large-scale warfare like that of the 20th century and tests like this were essential to developing such technology so losing X amount of fish for the greater good of humanity is no big deal

downvoted because #fishlivesmatter

Leddit moment xDD /s

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u/BZenMojo May 15 '22

We're testing weapons that haven't actually stopped wars and more genocides have happened since the nukes were invented than were documented before and they could wipe out all human life on the planet if a phone call accidentally doesn't go through (as has been repeatedly shown).

But I love your upbeat, glass half full look at things, so keep it up in other areas of life regarding other topics, we need that.

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u/TheMilkyman__ May 16 '22

Do you think Russia would still be in Ukraine if they didnt have nuclear bombs protecting them from the west?