Nuclear weapons testing
Nuclear weapons testing
Visualising the 2,056 nuclear tests conducted since 1945
Visualising the 2,056 nuclear tests conducted since 1945
Quite a while back on July 16, 1945, in the Jornada del Muerto desert bowl,
Quite a while back on July 16, 1945, in the Jornada del Muerto desert bowl,
the US led the primary atomic test blast some 340km (210 miles) south of Los Alamos, New Mexico.
the US led the primary atomic test blast some 340km (210 miles) south of Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Known as the Trinity test, the plutonium bomb was exploded over the New Mexico desert,
Known as the Trinity test, the plutonium bomb was exploded over the New Mexico desert,
starting a chain response that delivered 18.6 kilotons of force.
starting a chain response that delivered 18.6 kilotons of force.
It denoted the start of the Nuclear Age.
It denoted the start of the Nuclear Age.
Under a month after the fact, the US dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese urban communities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
Under a month after the fact, the US dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese urban communities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki,
killing in excess of 100,000 individuals in a split second.
killing in excess of 100,000 individuals in a split second.
Thousands more kicked the bucket from their wounds, radiation affliction and disease in the years that followed,
Thousands more kicked the bucket from their wounds, radiation affliction and disease in the years that followed,