Júlia Persichetti nov. 21. 2010
In 1946, U.S. military forces exploded two bombs in the Bikini atoll in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The quotes which follow came from the media blitz which accompanied the "event", Operation Crossroads.
The U.S. made the media take great advantage in the Bikini atoll tests and made a point of showing the world that these tests were for the benefit of humanity and to ensure great attack flawless defines if there were a world war III. In a context of war's end, tests of atomic bombs can seem threatening.
Conclusion:
The tests at Bikini Atoll were not needed because the excuse made by the U.S.A was that they wanted to be prepared for any use of atomic energy that may become necessary, whether offensive or defensive. but there were no threats of the Soviet Union to a third world war and even of having possession of an atomic weapon. "We the people of the Soviet Union do not have any future plans for an atomic bomb." - Vyacheslaw Molotov, Soviet Foreign Minister
Still today, there was no need for a atomic bomb.
The tests were not a responsible use of technology once the power of these bombs were 1000 times greater than Hiroshima, causing water temperature to rise to 55 000 degrees and came up on the site of a crater 2 km in diameter and 75 feet deep and the military involved knew little about the type of bomb and the reasons for the test, just that scientific tests for the good of humanity would be made in that region. This test took home the inhabitants of Bikini Atoll and according to records kept the island under radiation for a long time, only in 1996 that the atoll was declared safe.
In the movie Radio Bikini we can see an interview with John Smitherman who participated in the tests and died in 1983 of cancer. The U.S. government has maintained it is not responsible for his fatal cancers.
"There's no question in my mind, that of all the things that went on in Operation Crossroads was me, uh, it was a slow death from that time to this date. Not only me but there's other thousands of men out there that may be worse off than I am. There's so many thousands of those men that are dead now, and they don't really know what caused there death." - John Smitherman Ex-Enlisted Navy serviceman
Operation Crossroads was only a guarantee of the U.S. to a greater power over other nations. And the involvement of the media was the demonstration that those weapons were good for everyone, that atomic bombs are the future for humanity as an excuse for what was really hidden; the U.S. wanted to be on top, with ownership of the most powerful weapon.
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