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: October 2005

Wednesday, October 26, 2005

 

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GRABLE EVENT - Part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, was a 15-kiloton test fired from a 280-mm cannon on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Proving Grounds. Frenchman's Flat, Nevada - Atomic Cannon TestHistory's first atomic artillery shell fired from the Army's new 280-mm artillery gun. Hundreds of high ranking Armed Forces officers and members of Congress are present. The fireball ascending.

# posted by Eric Klein @ 10/26/2005 09:50:00 PM 0 comments
 

What scares me tonight...

I was too young to build up any real anxiety over the Cold War.

But when I was a junior in college I got good and scared over India and Pakistan's nuclear standoff.

Now there's Iran and Israel.

Of course, Iran doesn't have the bomb (for now, right?)...

Iran's new president, at a conference called "The World without Zionism" he attended today in Tehran, said, "Israel must be wiped off the map."

And then:
"Anybody who recognizes Israel will burn in the fire of the Islamic nation's fury."

Is that metaphorical fire?

The AP Article.

I found this photo on a blog... The sign on the podium is in English?

# posted by Eric Klein @ 10/26/2005 09:29:00 PM 2 comments

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