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For years the streets of Fukushima have lain empty after residents fled in fear during a nuclear disaster caused by an earthquake.

The nuclear nightmare saw thousands flee their homes in panic on March 11, 2011, when whole towns and villages were evacuated.

A 30 mile exclusion zone was set up around the site of the disaster, and very few have ventured inside the most restricted red zone since the mass exodus.

But now British photographer Rebecca Bathory has had a rare chance to reveal what the site looks like now, with a book of eerie images revealing the aftermath of the evacuation.

Homes and buildings have remained untouched since the fateful day when a tsumani disabled the power power supply which cooled the three Fukishima Daiichi reactors.

All three cores melted in the first three days, and the government instructed 100,000 people to leave amid fears of isotopic radiation an invisible fiend which can alter human DNA.

Animals starved in the streets and buildings have rotted and collapsed in the intervening years. Although residents in the town of Tomioka were given permission to return, many remain nervous about moving back into the disaster zone.

Although no one was killed by the effects of the nuclear accident, the Japanese government estimates that around 1,000 people died indirectly as a result of the evacuation.

Desolate hospitals, abandoned homes and scattered, broken possessions are all that is left of the once-thriving Soviet town of Pripyat.

The town of over 50,000 residents was once hailed as being a vision of the future, with progressive town-planning and modern architecture.
But nearly 30 years ago, all that came to a sudden and violent end.

The town of Pripyat, in Ukraine, sprang up just three kilometres from the country’s first nuclear power plant to house scientists and workers serving the plant, and security troops.

But on April 26 1986, one of the reactors deep inside the Chernobyl power plant went into meltdown, sparking the world’s worst nuclear disaster.






http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4404386/Return-Fukushima-Eerie-pictures-aftermath.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3176005/Inside-Chernobyl-s-no-zone-Eerie-scenes-towns-abandoned-radiation-disaster-30-years-ago-reveal-desolate-hospitals-rotting-homes-discarded-possessions.html

A rocket is launched during a demonstration of a new large-caliber multiple rocket launching system at an unknown location.

A view of the test-fire of Pukguksong-2.

An underwater test-firing of a strategic submarine ballistic missile.

North Korean soldiers run as they attend military training in an undisclosed location.

Landing and anti-landing exercises

VanBommel:
nawa oo, you know wetin i don trek for this life?? If na car i be dem need to change some of my parts

Not that kind of trek, like long hiking.

North Korea's military is now one of the largest in the world, and the exact details of conditions for soldiers stay under tight wraps.

There is likely so much we don't know about the world's fourth-largest military.

Nuclear tests were conducted within the country in 2006, 2009, 2013 and twice in 2016.

Citizens of North Korea may own a motor vehicle only if they are a military or government official.

Before 2015, women served purely on a voluntary basis.

In 2015, it became mandatory for all women to serve in the military.

Today, North Korea is thought to be in possession of over 1,000 long-, medium-, and short-range missiles.

It is believed that the North Korean military has 260 amphibious landing craft in its naval force.

The North Korean air force is made up of over 1,300 aircraft.

The military is the country's largest employer.

The North Korean missile program began development in the late 1960s, but really began to flourish in the 1970s.

The North Korean missile program began development in the late 1960s, but really began to flourish in the 1970s.

Those who go to college serve for five years after completing their degree.

But those who study science serve for only three years.

This was decided by Kim Jong Un in 2015 to encourage people to study science.

Most people serve in the military after completing high school.

Men serve for 10 years and women for seven.

And there are another 7.7 million in reserve.

Today, the North Korean military is composed of more than 1.2 million active soldiers.

North Korea's military is called the "Korean People's Army," or the KPA.

Seventy percent of ground forces and 50% of air and naval forces are deployed within about 62 miles of the demilitarized no-man's land between North and South Korea as of 2014.

Despite the fact that he is in charge of the fourth-largest military in the world, Kim Jong Un has no formal military training.

Kim Jong Un then took over as the ruler of the country in December 2011, when his father and the former leader, Kim Jong Il, died of a heart attack.

The Soviet Union put Kim Il Sung in charge of North Korea, which became known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

His son, Kim Jong Il, took over after his death in 1994.

After the Korean War, North and South Korea were split.

The Soviet Union had control of the North and the UN was controlling the South.

Little is known about North Korea, and maybe even less is known about the country's military.

And while photos can be instrumental in learning about everyday life in the "hermit kingdom," they can be extremely difficult to get past the border and out of the country.

But a recent Reuters package has a set of rare photos of North Korea's military, ranging from 2006 to 2015, which reveal a snapshot of life as a soldier in North Korea.




The Korean War began in 1950 when 75,000 soldiers from the North crossed the border and invaded the South.






http://www.businessinsider.com/rare-pictures-of-north-korea-military-2016-4?IR=T/#nuclear-tests-were-conducted-within-the-country-in-2006-2009-and-2013-22

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Lucasbalo:
For a super power like America, no planes are needed to deliver nuclear weapons now. Their is Nuclear submarine warships and their is ICBM.

Not only U.S. bro.

Justice96:
North Korean please don't forget what USA did to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in August 6 and 9 1945

That cant happen again in this modern world.

Do you know the Japenese military detected those planes in their airspace that day, but they ignored it, because they didnt see two or three planes as a threat.

The 53-year-old artist trekked for ten days to reach base camp where mixed his beats on a makeshift stone stage set.

Oakenfold, whose three-decade long career has included collaborations with Madonna and U2, is also raising funds to help survivors of Nepal's devastating 2015 earthquake, which killed nearly 9,000 people and left thousands homeless.

'I want to support in the rebuilding and to shed light on the environment... I would like to do my bit,' the DJ, who made his name during the 90s rave scene, said.

However not everyone is keen on the idea, with some complaining the renowned DJ is disturbing the peace and tranquility of the Himalayas.