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Science & Technology
History Dept: Trinity!
2012-07-16
Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the atomic age, with the first detonation of a nuclear device. Nicknamed 'the gadget,' it was a ~20KT explosion at White Sands Proving Ground, NM.

Wikipedia's article has more background, and seems well written.
Posted by:Free Radical

#3  "Behold, for I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds."
Posted by: mojo   2012-07-16 14:16  

#2  Well, maybe not...
Posted by: Slusosh Thrineck4715   2012-07-16 10:16  

#1  In celebration: This is a Flash video that starts slow, but around 3 minutes in… well. It shows every nuclear bomb explosion on the Earth from 1945 — the US test before the bombs dropped on Japan — to 1998, when India and Pakistan joined the madness.
Posted by: Slusosh Thrineck4715   2012-07-16 10:14  

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