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The Peace Clock in Hiroshima, the top counter is the number of days since the bombing of the city, and the lower counter is the number of days since the latest known nuclear detonation. (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/interestingasfuck@lemm.ee

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[-] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 40 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There's a statue in Dachau concentration camp of an emaciated man that reads something like: "In memory of the dead and a warning to the living".

It seems we have ignored both warnings.

[-] Winter8593@lemmy.world 39 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Wait there was a nuclear test less than a year ago?

Edit: Wikipedia says the most recent test was on 2017/09/03, ~~making this photo taken on 2018/04/01~~

Edit 2: I found the article this photo is from with more context. TL:DR it was reset back in 2022 bc the US conducted two clandestine tests.

[-] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago

I wouldn’t call the US tests “clandestine”. They’re subcritical, meaning they don’t generate any nuclear yield. They also report when they do these in the annual NNSA reports.

[-] flicker@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I was gonna say, if clandestine, how on clock?

[-] weker01@feddit.de 3 points 5 months ago

They learned of it after it happened per the article.

[-] errer@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Interesting, they were “sub critical” tests. I mean that really shouldn’t count…puts them on par with actual detonations (which Russia is clearly prepping to do soon with tactical nukes).

[-] weker01@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Why shouldn't they count? It's literally testing a nuclear weapon. The clock does not say: "Time since the last detonation of a nuclear weapon".

Edit: But one could argue that nuclear weapons get tested all the time without any kind of detonation. These should count too IMHO.

Edit: just read another article on the tests. They happen to design new weapons with them which makes them not tests to see if the nukes still work like I thought.

[-] macarthur_park@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Why shouldn't they count? It's literally testing a nuclear weapon.

It’s not considered a nuclear weapon test under the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, so I think it’s fair to argue the clock shouldn’t be reset for a subcritical test.