UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE - This operation conducted at the Nevada Test Site consisted of 11 atmospheric tests. There were three airdrops, seven tower tests, and one airburst. Conducted between March 17 and June 4, 1953, this operation involved the testing of new theories, using both fission and fusion devices.

The photo shows the complete disintegration of a house by a nuclear blast. What a theory.

from the web site of the Nevada Test Site Nuclear War

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

 
The Union of Concerned Scientists provides a useful clearing house on nuclear weapons policy.

Signatories to a statement opposing resumed nuclear testing include one of the co-discoverers of nuclear energy as the source of the Sun's power, the late Hans Bethe; a nobel-prize winning particle physicist, Steven Weinberg; and Raymond Jeanloz, a professor of Earth and Planetary Science at UC Berkeley.

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