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Mushroom cloud of the Trinity test, the first manmade nuclear explosion. A plutonium bomb resulting in a blast equivalent to ...
Mushroom cloud of the Trinity test, the first manmade nuclear explosion. A plutonium bomb resulting in a blast equivalent to that of 19,000 tons of dynamite exploded on July 16, 1945 in New Mexico.





The BADGER shot was a 23 kiloton nuclear bomb. Over 2,000 US soldiers were within 3.7 kilometers of the explosion and some mo...
The BADGER shot was a 23 kiloton nuclear bomb. Over 2,000 US soldiers were within 3.7 kilometers of the explosion and some moved as close a 460 kilometers after the blast. April 18, 1953, at the Nevada Test Site.





General Leslie Groves (1896-1970), walking across the site of the first atomic bomb blast site at Alamogordo, N.M. in July 19...
General Leslie Groves (1896-1970), walking across the site of the first atomic bomb blast site at Alamogordo, N.M. in July 1945. Groves was the military leader of the Manhattan Project to develop the Atomic Bomb. He was played by Paul Newman in the 1989 movie, FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY.





Pacific Ocean, Eniwetok Atoll, Fire ball of nuclear detonation rises through clouds during tests in 1951





The ANNIE shot was a 16 kiloton nuclear bomb. It was tested in the Operation Upshot-Knothole series conducted by the Federal ...
The ANNIE shot was a 16 kiloton nuclear bomb. It was tested in the Operation Upshot-Knothole series conducted by the Federal Civil Defense Administration to study the effects of the nuclear blast on wooden frame houses, automobiles and bomb shelters. Mar. 17, 1953.





The PRISCILLA Shot was a 37 kiloton nuclear test that subjected 1,200 live pigs to blast-effects studies. Pigs were burned in...
The PRISCILLA Shot was a 37 kiloton nuclear test that subjected 1,200 live pigs to blast-effects studies. Pigs were burned in the blast and showered with glass blast debris. June 24, 1957 at the Nevada Test Site.





San Clemente Is.. Ca.. The Explosion From A BGM-109 Tomahawk Missle As It Destroys Its Target During A Test





Pacific Ocean, Eniwetok Atoll, Fire ball of nuclear detonation rises through clouds during tests in 1951





The STOKES Shot was a 19 kiloton nuclear test. It was part of the controversial Operation Plumbbob that exposed animals to fa...
The STOKES Shot was a 19 kiloton nuclear test. It was part of the controversial Operation Plumbbob that exposed animals to fatal blasts and radiation. August 7, 1957 at the Nevada Test Site.





Aerial view of a mushroom cloud formed by an atomic bomb explosion, Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945





Eniwetok Atoll, beginning moments of nuclear detonation as seen from above the Eniwetok test site in 1951





The HARRY shot was a 32 kiloton nuclear blast was detonated on a 300 foot tower. Later known as 'Dirty Harry', because it pro...
The HARRY shot was a 32 kiloton nuclear blast was detonated on a 300 foot tower. Later known as 'Dirty Harry', because it produced the highest amount of radioactive fallout of any continental US test, contaminating St. George, Utah. May 19, 1953.





The STOKES shot was a 19 kiloton explosion detonated while suspended from barrage balloons. The wrecked Navy Goodyear Blimp h...
The STOKES shot was a 19 kiloton explosion detonated while suspended from barrage balloons. The wrecked Navy Goodyear Blimp had been in free flight over 5 miles form ground zero when destroyed collapsed by the blast's shock wave. Nevada test Site, August 7, 1957





Yucca Flat is among the most irradiated, nuclear-blasted spot on Earth. It was the site of 739 atmospheric and underground at...
Yucca Flat is among the most irradiated, nuclear-blasted spot on Earth. It was the site of 739 atmospheric and underground atomic explosions from 1946-1993.





Nuclear 'Operation Cue' tested structures' ability to survive atomic bombs. Bottom image shows a disintegrating shed beside l...
Nuclear 'Operation Cue' tested structures' ability to survive atomic bombs. Bottom image shows a disintegrating shed beside liquefied petroleum tank as blast wave hits. April 4, 1955.





Marshall Islands, Eniwektok Atoll, One of nuclear detonations set off in spring tests of 1951
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