Talk:Sakamoto nuclear disaster

Breach of International Law?
Uh, okay, I just want something clarified because of things that Brittania and India have said.

Last I checked, it wasn't illegal for a nation that isn't a signatory of the to develop nuclear weapons, nor is it illegal for a non-signatory of the  to conduct nuclear tests (not to mention the fact that it hasn't entered into force due to the non-ratification of 8 of it's signatories), nor does the  prohibit underground nuclear explosions.

Furthermore, this wasn't an intentional detonation over a city, and thus wouldn't constitute a war crime. The detonation was a complete accident. I haven't introduced this IC'ly because the investigation will take time, but the detonation will be due to a crash of the aircraft carrying the bomb (this is already agreed upon as the cause by all experts who analyzed it, it's just not in any official report as of yet due to the ongoing nature of the investigation). Said crash will be caused by a number of factors. First off, weather at Sakamoto Airport at the time would have been barely suitable for landing at the time. Flying in barely suitable weather (really heavy storm) and trying to land alone won't cause a crash though, but a sudden that hit the aircraft during landing would have literally pushed the aircraft to the ground. The prototype weapon itself would have had a number of safety systems in place to prevent accidental detonation in this case, however the crash of the aircraft would have damaged the casing of the device allowing rainwater to get into the nuclear device causing a which results in the failure of the safety systems.

So, as you can see, this entire thing was an unintentional accident. A tragic one, yes, but still an accident. I'm not sure where this whole "violation of international law" things comes in as Akitsu was not a signatory of any of the treaty's prohibiting nuclear weapons development at the time. Could someone clarify this for me? - Zabuza825 (talk) 11:17, December 14, 2014 (UTC)