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Drawing uncovered of 'Nazi Nuke'

ninjee writes "Historians working in Germany and the US claim to have found a 60-year-old diagram showing a Nazi nuclear bomb. It is the only known drawing of a "nuke" made by Nazi experts and appears in a report held by a private archive. The researchers who brought it to light say the drawing is a rough schematic and does not imply the Nazis built, or were close to building, an atomic bomb. But a detail in the report hints some Nazi scientists may have been closer to that goal than was previously believed. The report containing the diagram is undated, but the researchers claim the evidence points to it being produced immediately after the end of the war in Europe. It deals with the work of German nuclear scientists during the war and lacks a title page, so there is no evidence of who composed it. One historian behind the discovery, Rainer Karlsch, caused a storm of controversy earlier this year when he claimed to have uncovered evidence the Nazis successfully tested a primitive nuclear device in the last days of WWII. A number of historians rejected the claim. The drawing is published in an article written for Physics World magazine by Karlsch and Mark Walker, professor of history at Union College in Schenectady, US."

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  1. In SOVIET Russia ... by cablepokerface · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... this would have toasted Stalingrad.

    Good thing it never happened.

  2. Ok I will then by Timesprout · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Somebody set us up ze bomb

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  3. Re:Wow, godwin's law.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    People like you are fags. Piss off, n00b.

  4. Re:No, thank you by Ham_belony · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The US wouldn't have A-Bombs to test.

  5. Re:Wow, godwin's law.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The guy's name is GANDHI. GANDHI. GANDHI. Get it straight if you're quoting him, Bill Clitoris, George Washingmachine, Richard Stillawoman. Fucking hell.

  6. Germans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Smartest in the world

    Unlike dumb americans :-P
    we spend all day refreshing slashdot!

  7. Re:What about the Schlechter Wolf bombs? by gowen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, it wouldn't. It's a site set up by the BBC to promote the latest series of Doctor Who.

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  8. Quoting anyone? by Zzz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    -sigh-

    When quoting the article, maybe you can mention you are doing so? Or maybe the 'editors' failed to nitice the quote?

  9. Re:Forget it. by EpsCylonB · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He used to eat puppies and bunny rabbits for breakfast too.

  10. Re:Wow, godwin's law.. by gowen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, that's the problem with non-violent resistance isn't it... If Gandhi had gone round beating the living shit out of people who mis-spelled his name, and shouting "I'm Mohandas Gandhi, bitch. G-A-N-D-H-I" while he did it, more people would be able to spell it today.

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  11. Re:It's Goodwin and it's slightly different by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So you missed "speling", did you?

  12. Re:It's Goodwin and it's slightly different by kyojin+the+clown · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    FIRE UP THE BEHEMOTH GRAMMAR NAZI CANNON!

    actually, 'an' can also appear before consonants, when they are silent. take, for instance, 'an honour'.

    ;D

  13. Re:Germans or Japans didn't know a-bomb concept? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    (page picked random as text only it is)

    Could someone please explain this sentence? This grammar seems strange to me.

  14. Re:Forget it. by jellomizer · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Rabits Yes, Dogs No. Hitler liked dogs. sooo...
    If Hitler then you like dogs.
    There forth
    If you like dogs then you must be hitler.

    Ah, the converse error. A politions primary tool. Even today.

    If you are a terrorest then you hate America.

    So Thereforth

    If evendence shows that you hate America then you must be a terrorest.

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  15. Re:Wow, godwin's law.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ah yes, but the advantages of non-violent resistance also mean I get to screw your mom. And call you a jackass, without having to beat the shit out of you.

  16. Yoda by Udo+Schmitz · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Could someone please explain this sentence? This grammar seems strange to me.

    Too much Star Wars he watched has.

  17. Re:It's Goodwin and it's slightly different by thebudgie · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Really? You misspelled 'loses' in your post. ;-)

  18. Re:Da Bomb... by tarunthegreat2 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Second...best...slashdot meme conversion....ever... for the first, see my sig...

  19. Re:Scary to think by dabigpaybackski · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    And if only we could have traveled back in time and prevented William Shatner's and Leonard Nemoy's musical careers...

    *shudders*

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  20. 1... 2... 3... Profit! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    1. Scientist claims Nazi's made a nuke. Everybody laughs.
    2. Same scientist uncovers a document showing that his claims might be true.
    3. ...
    4. Profit?

  21. no title page?? by sacrilicious · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    it... lacks a title page

    I guess these guys didn't get the memo about the TPS reports.

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  22. Re:Germans didn't have a Nuke by flubbergust · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Kind of like Beorge W Bush. He sure doesnt fit the Christian ideal.

  23. Re:Forget it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dear god , You think because of someones nick they are a communist sympathiser ..
    Ever hear of a thing called a joke. Read the name again , Its Fidel Catsro. Its not support for the Cuban gouvernment .

    If I were to take your nick seriously, I would assume your of the opinion to shooting people called Ben with Ray guns or the like .

  24. Re:Maybe in 60 years... by Comatose51 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Which would also contain this in the footnotes:
    1. Acquire information on nukes from the Wikipedia
    2. Acquire uranium from former USSR countries' garage sale. (Note to self: Be tough on the bargain, no accessories or warranty services.)
    3. Acquire other components using eBay
    4. Build bomb
    5. ...
    6. No profit!

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  25. Re:since everyone agrees by Sleepy · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Umm, back to gub'mint class ya go. We are a REPUBLIC.

    FYI, *everyone* knows the USA is a 'republic' form of government. 'Democracy' can refer to a particular type of representative government, or it can refer to ALL representative governments.


    For example, it is not incorrect to call England a 'democracy'. Over there, they probably have your weenie counterpart spouting 'You know nothingt! We are NOT a democracy, we are a Constitutional Monarchy. Nyyyaaah! Phhhlllttt!'


    You are rejecting common alternate definitions of the word democracy, to suit your argument.