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Butternut nuclear test, 81 kilotons, barge, Eniwetok Atoll, 6:15 a.m. May 12, 1958. TX-46 primary test.
u/waffen123 — 2 days ago
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Castle Nectar nuclear test, 1.69 Megatons, Eniwetok Atoll, 6:20 a.m. May 14, 1954. The Zombie TX-15 device was a radiation imploded fusion boosted fission bomb, 80% of its energy release from fission.
u/waffen123 — 7 days ago
All known photos of Ivy Mike thermonuclear device and its shot-cab
u/Gusfoo — 11 days ago
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Encore 27-kiloton nuclear test, conducted at the Nevada Test Site on May 8, 1953. These rare amateur photographs were taken at Indian Springs Air Force Base.
u/waffen123 — 10 days ago
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Nothing is more powerful, hotter, and more destructive than this detonation (image with improved quality and remastered colors).
The image shows the initial stage of the Tsar Bomba hydrogen bomb. The sphere is almost pure plasma, has a diameter of 8 km, and an internal temperature of over 100 million degrees Celsius. Nothing more powerful has ever been detonated.
u/Atomic_29IE — 13 days ago