On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 03:05:04 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

On 26/02/2021 11:52, T i m wrote:

The Hiroshima nuke was *NOT* a ground blast and was detonated as an
air blast to *specifically* limit the radioactive contamination of the
ground and reduce airborne debris.

snip Spuke puke

Your statement fails to mention that an air-burst was chosen *primarily*
to cause maximum blast damage. The contamination aspect was a secondary
issue.

And it is an urban myth anyway.

Trolls like Spuke are like snipers using bollox for ammunition (and
why they are so easy to ignore).

The same amount of radioactivity is
released.

'Of course'.

It just tends to be in gas form from an airburst

Quite, not throwing up tons of radioactive contaminated mass that will
fall down elsewhere, even on a country 1500+ miles away, contaminating
that as well for many many years.

The same sort of thing as a nuclear power station catching fire etc.

Now, if they can *NEVER* do any of that, irrespective of the reason,
then everything is fine. If you can't guarantee them to never do that,
you then have to evaluate the risks against alternatives.

*Today*, there are more alternatives than when we were first building
nukes and why some countries are hesitant of building new ones and
further have the 'nuclear power phase-out'.

Same logic as banning legally owned in the UK. If they aren't there
there is less chance of them being used for bad things, even though
the vast majority weren't.

Cheers, T i m