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[Strife26]

The tsar bomb wasn't a remotely feasible device for application as anything other than research, pride, or an evil overlord's massive self destruct system.

If anyone has a workable tertiary stage thermonuclear weapon, I haven't heard of it. Not much call for it, either. Nuclear arms race is over.

[Grim Portent]

Oh, by the way, that Mao statue from before got demolished as soon as it was finished. We consumerist dystopic moral story now.

Why? By Who?

Reportedly they took it down after internet criticism said the money could have been better spent on things like healthcare and education.

I doubt that's the real reason, as it would have been cheaper in the short term to leave it where it was and it wasn't that expensive as monuments go to begin with, and China isn't exactly renowned for caring about public opinion.

[ChairmanPoo]

wasnt paid by the state eitherr supposedly

[Grim Portent]

wasnt paid by the state eitherr supposedly

Decided to google it a bit.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/08/giant-golden-chairman-mao-statue-destroyed-henan-province

That article says it was built by a village in the Henan province as a tribute to Mao on their own initiative and was possibly torn down because it was on someone's land.

[martinuzz]

In Catalonia, against all expectations, the Catalonian seperatist party has managed to reach an agreement with anti-capitalist party CUP, and they will now continue to form a new regional government (together with some nationalist parties).
The agreement was reached when Artur Mas, leader of the seperatist movement, resigned. The CUP had lost all trust in him, and his departure was a hard demand on continuing any negotiations on forming a government.

Mas will be replaced by Carles Puigdemont, the current mayor of Girona.

[Sergarr]

wasnt paid by the state eitherr supposedly

Decided to google it a bit.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/08/giant-golden-chairman-mao-statue-destroyed-henan-province

That article says it was built by a village in the Henan province as a tribute to Mao on their own initiative and was possibly torn down because it was on someone's land.

That must be one hell of a rich village.

[Grim Portent]

wasnt paid by the state eitherr supposedly

Decided to google it a bit.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/08/giant-golden-chairman-mao-statue-destroyed-henan-province

That article says it was built by a village in the Henan province as a tribute to Mao on their own initiative and was possibly torn down because it was on someone's land.

That must be one hell of a rich village.

Before the demolition, Liu Jianwu, dean of the Mao Zedong research centre, said entrepreneurs and residents of Henan’s Zhushigang village appeared to have dreamed up the statue in order to commemorate China’s revolutionary leader.

Could be they just came up with the idea and got money from somewhere else to build it.

[TheBiggerFish]

PTWing.

[martinuzz]

The village didn't need to be that rich. Concrete is cheap enough. Gold paint not very expensive either. Chinese labour even cheaper.

[Bouchart]

It was probably cardboard and it melted in the rain.

[IronyOwl]

Sure, guys. An isolated village built a giant gold statue to The Glory of Mao, and it "was immediately torn down" because it "may have been on someone's land." It certainly didn't march off to go crush the West, nosiree.

[Shadowlord]

It's a statute of Mao, not Lenin. Come on now.

[Dorsidwarf]

The tsar bomb wasn't a remotely feasible device for application as anything other than research, pride, or an evil overlord's massive self destruct system.

If anyone has a workable tertiary stage thermonuclear weapon, I haven't heard of it. Not much call for it, either. Nuclear arms race is over.

What was any more unfeasible abou the tsar bomb than any other bomber-dropped nuclear weapon of the time?

[Egan_BW]

New life goal: make a seven-stage nuclear bomb and detonate it. To prove that I can.

[Sergarr]

The tsar bomb wasn't a remotely feasible device for application as anything other than research, pride, or an evil overlord's massive self destruct system.

If anyone has a workable tertiary stage thermonuclear weapon, I haven't heard of it. Not much call for it, either. Nuclear arms race is over.

What was any more unfeasible abou the tsar bomb than any other bomber-dropped nuclear weapon of the time?

It took some special modifications that greatly reduced the flight range, IIRC.