uhhh japan "lost" enough plutonium to make 25 nukes

notfred

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You know how many American nucllear bombs are sitting at the bottom of the ocean, or in swamps, or just lsot in the woods somewhere?

US planes have crashed w/ nuclear weapons aboard, and the weapons were never recovered, or they've had to jettison the weapons due to problems with the aircraft.
 

Chaotic42

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I thought that Japan wasn't allowed nuclear bombs? I thought they were limited in military capacity after World War II. Guess I was wrong.

That doesn't look good though.
 

notfred

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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I thought that Japan wasn't allowed nuclear bombs? I thought they were limited in military capacity after World War II. Guess I was wrong.

That doesn't look good though.

They don't have nuclear bombs, they have nuclear powerplants.
 

ROTC1983

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I thought that Japan wasn't allowed nuclear bombs? I thought they were limited in military capacity after World War II. Guess I was wrong.

That doesn't look good though.

They don't have nuclear bombs, they have nuclear powerplants.

That is scary, those nuclear powerplants must be real close to residential areas...
 

FrontlineWarrior

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Originally posted by: notfred
You know how many American nucllear bombs are sitting at the bottom of the ocean, or in swamps, or just lsot in the woods somewhere?

US planes have crashed w/ nuclear weapons aboard, and the weapons were never recovered, or they've had to jettison the weapons due to problems with the aircraft.

well i always knew america would be responsible for ww3 in some way or another lol

 

notfred

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Originally posted by: ROTC1983
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I thought that Japan wasn't allowed nuclear bombs? I thought they were limited in military capacity after World War II. Guess I was wrong.

That doesn't look good though.

They don't have nuclear bombs, they have nuclear powerplants.

That is scary, those nuclear powerplants must be real close to residential areas...

Well, so far Japan has never had a Chernobyl or 3 Mile Island type incident. They've got a better track record than the US and Russia.
 

ROTC1983

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: ROTC1983
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I thought that Japan wasn't allowed nuclear bombs? I thought they were limited in military capacity after World War II. Guess I was wrong.

That doesn't look good though.

They don't have nuclear bombs, they have nuclear powerplants.

That is scary, those nuclear powerplants must be real close to residential areas...

Well, so far Japan has never had a Chernobyl or 3 Mile Island type incident. They've got a better track record than the US and Russia.

Thats reassuring :) That would suck if something like that would happen...:(
 

Chaotic42

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I thought that Japan wasn't allowed nuclear bombs? I thought they were limited in military capacity after World War II. Guess I was wrong.

That doesn't look good though.

They don't have nuclear bombs, they have nuclear powerplants.

Eh, it's late. It's like I read the article, but only about 75% of it stuck. I read right over that.
 

rgwalt

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Originally posted by: notfred
You know how many American nucllear bombs are sitting at the bottom of the ocean, or in swamps, or just lsot in the woods somewhere?

US planes have crashed w/ nuclear weapons aboard, and the weapons were never recovered, or they've had to jettison the weapons due to problems with the aircraft.

IIRC, there are 13 confirmed, de-classified broken arrows (yes, the military actually calls lost nukes broken arrows). The US knows where they are but has deemed them unretrievable. I'm willing to bet that the military has these locations under surveillance.

Ryan
 

Iwentsouth

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Good for Japan.

Bet they have secret place where they make nukes.

They letting this out to tell the crazy Koreans to stop launching missles over us.
 

DogFromDuckhunt

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Interesting read, but I don't really think much of it. It hasn't really been proven either way if reactor grade plutonium could be used to create WMD's, afaik. Personally I tend to side with those that say it isn't possible to create a nuclear bomb out of reactor grade plutonium. But hey, I'm no nuclear physicist, so what do I know?
 

B00ne

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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I thought that Japan wasn't allowed nuclear bombs? I thought they were limited in military capacity after World War II. Guess I was wrong.

That doesn't look good though.

Loosing or having Plutonium has does not have much to do with being allowed or having nukes. We have plutonium we could build nukes just like they could if they wanted to but we do not want to.


plutonium is a byproduct of certain nuclear reactions
 

B00ne

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Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: ROTC1983
Originally posted by: notfred
Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I thought that Japan wasn't allowed nuclear bombs? I thought they were limited in military capacity after World War II. Guess I was wrong.

That doesn't look good though.

They don't have nuclear bombs, they have nuclear powerplants.

That is scary, those nuclear powerplants must be real close to residential areas...

Well, so far Japan has never had a Chernobyl or 3 Mile Island type incident. They've got a better track record than the US and Russia.

Well, they didnt have such catastrophic accidents (yet) but they sure have plenty of accidents and scandals with their NPP. Wasnt there just recently this scandal that a plant had released radiating material due to a dangerous incident but kept on going and not reporting that something was wrong? And also didn't they have to close down the fast breeder due to many incidents?

 

AlienCraft

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Originally posted by: DogFromDuckhunt
Interesting read, but I don't really think much of it. It hasn't really been proven either way if reactor grade plutonium could be used to create WMD's, afaik. Personally I tend to side with those that say it isn't possible to create a nuclear bomb out of reactor grade plutonium. But hey, I'm no nuclear physicist, so what do I know?
I would be more worried about Yakuza sales to NK or to "the Highest Bidder" <coughAlQuedacough><DrEvil>for one MILLION DOLLARS</DrEvil>. That much plutonium could pollute most of the planet if dispersed in a dirty bomb. Plutonium, ingested , will defintely make you want to die if it doesn't kill you first.

 

0roo0roo

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Originally posted by: rgwalt
Originally posted by: notfred
You know how many American nucllear bombs are sitting at the bottom of the ocean, or in swamps, or just lsot in the woods somewhere?

US planes have crashed w/ nuclear weapons aboard, and the weapons were never recovered, or they've had to jettison the weapons due to problems with the aircraft.

IIRC, there are 13 confirmed, de-classified broken arrows (yes, the military actually calls lost nukes broken arrows). The US knows where they are but has deemed them unretrievable. I'm willing to bet that the military has these locations under surveillance.

Ryan

ooo sweet john woo movie!!
 

ndee

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Originally posted by: AlienCraft
Originally posted by: DogFromDuckhunt
Interesting read, but I don't really think much of it. It hasn't really been proven either way if reactor grade plutonium could be used to create WMD's, afaik. Personally I tend to side with those that say it isn't possible to create a nuclear bomb out of reactor grade plutonium. But hey, I'm no nuclear physicist, so what do I know?
I would be more worried about Yakuza sales to NK or to "the Highest Bidder" <coughAlQuedacough><DrEvil>for one MILLION DOLLARS</DrEvil>. That much plutonium could pollute most of the planet if dispersed in a dirty bomb. Plutonium, ingested , will defintely make you want to die if it doesn't kill you first.

Wasn't it.... one trillion, bazillion............. YEN