Eric: Me too. The official records are sealed until 2045. This is what I really hate about being dead. All these fascinating things will be known but I won't know about it. The weapons you mention are different in degree. Atomic weapons are an entire new category of weaponry. The numbers killed and the long term effects of too much radiation are either unknown, or, what is known about them, is horrific. Especially considering that there has never been a weapon invented that had not been used. Veronica