Nuclear Tests!

 Since the two horrible  days in 1945, when Nagasaki and Hiroshima (on August 9 and 6 respectively) were destroyed, atomic energy has been  in the  danger zone, level ultimatum. Yet nuclear testing has not really either stopped. Nor has it been reduced. 

Undoubtedly, it has a long and volatile history. The nuclear testing reached its heights during the Cold War years. It began with the notorious Trinity test in July 1945. Though named after John Donne's Trinity Sonnet, it "battered" much more than a quasi-poetical, quasi-religious metaphor. 

Horrible, in fact, was its impact. The 100-foot steel tower holding the bomb was vaporized, and the New Mexico desert sand melted into a green, glassy radioactive substance called trinitite. It led to migrations as well. Yet the nuclear weapon was used, and unfortunately the race has never stopped.

The U.N. has tried to stop the race. August 29 is declared as the international day to stop nuclear weapon testing. The observance seeks to raise awareness about the devastating effects of nuclear weapon test explosions, whether conducted in deserts, or near the Arctic or underwater, on human health and the environment. The real hope lies in thus pushing toward the ultimate goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.

Well, what exactly is the real danger? There are any number of loose cannon balls in the  international realities today. Often they translate in to rogue terror groups. Imagine the havoc that would be caused if they get hold of the nuclear weapons! With Baba Venga predicting a dire Third World War in 2026, here is wishing that the remaining four months do not lead us, the entire humanity, in to some unspeakable horror!

Pratima@ Some people hope that nuclear tests would now be AI simulated, and hence not really destructive! Even then, given the rogue cannon balls rampant everywhere, nuclear weapons need to be neuterised! 

Incidentally, in modern medicine, there exists a nuclear test!  The nuclear medical test is a diagnostic procedure that uses safe, small amounts of radioactive material—called a radiotracer—to check how your organs and tissues are working! 

Quote of the day:                                                           "The survivors (of an all out nuclear war) will envy the dead." Such is the dire prediction of Nikita Kruschev regarding atomic weapons full of the nuclear energy! 

Word of the day: nuclear                                                Nuclear means using, producing or resulting from the energy that is produced when the central part (nucleus) of an atom is split.