bojacobs , 7 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to histodons

"Pacific Islands Forum chair says region must revisit its anti-nuclear treaty"

#RMI #ColdWar #nuclear #NuclearWeapons #NuclearTests @histodons #Aukus #colonialism

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/07/pacific-islands-forum-chair-says-region-must-revisit-its-anti-nuclear-treaty?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-3

bojacobs , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to histodons

Selecting the irradiated (one of the chapter titles of my book):

The US conducted 1,054 nuclear weapon tests.

88% were conducted inside the US at the Nevada Test Site.

8% were conducted in the Marshall Islands.

This chart shows that the US concentrated the much larger hydrogen bomb tests in the Marshall Islands, and that the 8% of tests there released far more blast, heat and radiation than the domestic tests.

This is a form of nuclear colonialism.

#RMI #nuclear #NuclearWeapons #ColdWarHist #colonialism @histodons @sts