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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Underwater nuclear explosions



Mushroom-shaped cloud and water column from the underwater Baker nuclear explosion of July 25, 1946. Photo taken from a tower on Bikini Island, 3.5 mi (5.6 km) away. (Image courtesy of US Govt. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
 
 

Crossroads Able, a 23-kiloton air-deployed nuclear weapon detonated on July 1, 1946. This bomb used, and consumed, the infamous Demon core that took the lives of two scientists in two separate critical accidents. (Image courtesy of US Govt. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.operation crossroads
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