# Nuclear Bomb Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 13, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415 "2017-04-13T22:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saturncomet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@saturncomet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saturncomet)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/1 "2017-04-13T22:48:46Z")
I think we need to hold a Nuclear Bomb Test in an isolated area. It would be a clear signal to the North Korean guy with the bad haircut to BEWARE and back off.:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/2 "2017-04-13T22:55:46Z")
Pretty sure he already knows you guys have lots of functional nukes. Demonstrating one wouldn’t change that. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/3 "2017-04-13T22:56:28Z")
Leaving aside the treaty violations this would entail, what, exactly, would it prove to NK or anyone else? I mean…is there any questions that the US has thousands of nuclear weapons or ICBMs as well as a host of other delivery systems to get nukes anywhere in the world? ---
**Author:** ![Ramira](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ramira/32/344_2.png) [@Ramira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ramira)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/4 "2017-04-13T23:00:07Z")
What it would do practically would be certain to convince the North Korea that they should obtain a nuclear deterence as quickly as possible to ward off what would seem to be a threat of a nuclear attack on them. A very bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/5 "2017-04-13T23:13:21Z")
Trump just dropped a weapon that was large enough to qualify as a tactical nuke. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/6 "2017-04-13T23:13:32Z")
Who’s got a recipe for yellowcake? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/7 "2017-04-13T23:14:33Z")
[Obligatory Randy Newman reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqBrw3rQvKo) (yeah, drop the big one) ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/8 "2017-04-13T23:23:37Z")
> [@saturncomet](#): > > I think we need to hold a Nuclear Bomb Test in an isolated area. It would be a clear signal to the North Korean guy with the bad haircut to BEWARE… …the American guy with the bad haircut? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/9 "2017-04-13T23:33:22Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > Trump just dropped a weapon that was large enough to qualify as a tactical nuke. Complete with it’s own mushroom cloud. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/10 "2017-04-13T23:35:16Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Who’s got a recipe for yellowcake? This is not the Pit (but I’d love the recipe if this gets moved). ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/11 "2017-04-13T23:35:21Z")
> [@Ramira](#): > > What it would do practically would be certain to convince the North Korea that they should obtain a nuclear deterence as quickly as possible to ward off what would seem to be a threat of a nuclear attack on them. > > A very bad idea. Aren’t they doing (or haven’t they already done) that anyways? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/12 "2017-04-13T23:35:41Z")
I think that big bomb was a strategic move to see if he could put some extra pressure on Nk insiders to over throw Kim. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/13 "2017-04-13T23:39:35Z")
> [@XT](#): > > Leaving aside the treaty violations this would entail, what, exactly, would it prove to NK or anyone else? I mean…is there any questions that the US has thousands of nuclear weapons or ICBMs as well as a host of other delivery systems to get nukes anywhere in the world? Not to mention that the US actually HAS used nukes. Twice. It’s not like it’s unbelievable we’d use them as we already have. You might wonder if some other country has them or not, or would use them or not, but in the case of the US there isn’t any doubt. What I worry about is Trump ordering a preemptive strike that, maybe, stops a nuke test but prompts the North Koreans to open fire on Seoul with their artillery units already in place. And then things maybe snowball from there. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/14 "2017-04-13T23:39:40Z")
> [@saturncomet](#): > > I think we need to hold a Nuclear Bomb Test in an isolated area. It would be a clear signal to the North Korean guy with the bad haircut to BEWARE and back off.:eek: This may be the single dumbest idea I’ve seen posted here in a very long time. Test a nuke. Now. Sure. Why don’t we try to put out fires with gasoline while we’re at it? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/15 "2017-04-13T23:40:52Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > What I worry about is Trump ordering a preemptive strike that, maybe, stops a nuke test but prompts the North Koreans to open fire on Seoul with their artillery units already in place. And then things maybe snowball from there. Yup. I’m afraid that’s exactly what is about to happen. Hope I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/16 "2017-04-13T23:40:59Z")
> [@saturncomet](#): > > I think we need to hold a Nuclear Bomb Test in an isolated area. It would be a clear signal to the North Korean guy with the bad haircut to BEWARE and back off.:eek: You mean around the [Bikini Atol,](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3630359/Bikini-Atoll-uninhabitable-Radiation-island-exceeds-safety-standards-nearly-60-years-nuclear-tests.html) just off the North Korean guy’s front porch? Yeah, that’s the ticket! ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/17 "2017-04-14T00:02:46Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > You mean around the [Bikini Atol,](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3630359/Bikini-Atoll-uninhabitable-Radiation-island-exceeds-safety-standards-nearly-60-years-nuclear-tests.html) just off the North Korean guy’s front porch? Yeah, that’s the ticket! Our guy with the bad haircut would probably mess up and test around [Bikini Bottom](http://nickelodeon.wikia.com/wiki/Bikini_Bottom) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/18 "2017-04-14T00:06:49Z")
> [@jasg](#): > > Our guy with the bad haircut would probably mess up and test around [Bikini Bottom](http://nickelodeon.wikia.com/wiki/Bikini_Bottom) 😃 Same place. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/19 "2017-04-14T00:17:34Z")
Why not just send him a pumpkin with a knife stuck in it and a note reading “you” ? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415/20 "2017-04-14T00:21:46Z")
[Timeline of Every Nuclear Explosion 1945-1998](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9lquok4Pdk) (does not include North Korea or the [Vela Incident.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_incident)) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-bomb-test/784415.md?page=2)