Alert: Nuclear Test In Nevada This Week, Code Name “POLLUX”, Condemned By Iran, Japan

[Carson]

I came across this today. I wasn't aware we still did testing.


Alert: Nuclear Test In Nevada This Week, Code Name “POLLUX”, Condemned By Iran, Japan

Iran has strongly condemned the US for carrying out a nuclear test in Nevada this week, saying the move threatens world peace and shows a hypocritical set of double standards set by Washington when it comes to nuclear research.

*The Iranian Foreign Ministry said the Wednesday detonation proves that US foreign policy relies heavily on the use of nuclear weapons, disregarding UN calls for global disarmament, PressTV reports.

The experiment also drew criticism from Japan, with Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui wondering why the Obama administration carried out the test, despite saying he would “seek a nuclear-free world.”

The United States subcritical nuclear test conducted in Nevada reflects a contradictory policy on the issue of nuclear disarmament and proliferation, an expert tells Press TV.

The test, known as Pollux, was conducted in the US state of Nevada on Wednesday to ensure that Washington “can support a safe, secure and effective stockpile” of nuclear weapons.

The test proves that the US “could use nuclear weapons anytime,” said Hirotami Yamada, who heads the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council.

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Some really good graphs and other information at the link here;

http://beforeitsnews.com/war-and-con...n-2444436.html


In other news...

Rare audio recording (w/ video) of an above ground nuclear bomb test - circa 1953


This sound at the original link didn't work for me. This article has a link to one that does.

The Sound of the Bomb (1953)


Or if you just want to jump ahead go to about 2:30 or so (Note the time delay),



I don't see a time listed.


Oops! It seems it was a tiny test...

12/07/2012

NuclearCrimes:

On December 6, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) posted on their website that a day earlier it had conducted ‘Pollux,’ the U.S.’s 27th subcritical nuclear experiment since signing the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Pollux was a first-of-its-kind subcritical test involving a scale model nuclear warhead primary (this fact wasn’t mentioned in their press release).

Pollux: NNSA’s Latest Subcritical Nuclear Experiment (VIDEO)