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15 Δεκ 2017 · This week, a team at the federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has released 62 of these atmospheric nuclear test videos on YouTube. An estimated 10,000 of these videos have languished for decades, forgotten in archives around the country, slowly degrading in storage.
The biggest trials in history have drawn millions of viewers, mesmerizing people with shock and drama, like a real-life soap opera with very real stakes. Over the years, the highest-profile cases have dwarfed other massive cultural events.
16 Ιουλ 2024 · The first trial of a plutonium implosion weapon, the explosion on the ground produced radioactive fallout contaminating over 1,100 square miles of the state, although some debris spread as far north as Canada.
7 Μαρ 2016 · This successful, experimental trial – resulting in the detonation of a spherical bomb nicknamed 'The Gadget' – ushered in a new nuclear age and arms race, with several nations subsequently developing and detonating their own nuclear weaponry in the decades since.
24 Σεπ 2013 · And at Frenchman Flat, a 31-inch long bomb weighing 131 pounds, 5 ounces exploded atop a 500-foot tower with the force of 11,000 tons of TNT. Fizeau was one of 29 nuclear detonations held from May though October of 1957 as part of the controversial Operation Plumbbob.
A few years later the USSR detonated a device even larger and more devastating. It’s one of the most extraordinary tales in the history of science, yet one which is largely unknown. This fascinating history documentary examines why these superpowers raced to build the world’s biggest bomb.
4 Οκτ 2010 · In a Sacramento, California, courtroom on January 22, 1998, Theodore J. Kaczynski pleads guilty to all federal charges against him, acknowledging his responsibility for a 17-year campaign of...
