2021 New footage of 23 kilotons amazing underwater explosion 1946

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Newly declassified 23 kilotons amazing underwater explosion 1946
Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1946. The purpose of the operation, which included two shots, ABLE and BAKER, was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on naval warships. They were the first tests to be publicly announced beforehand and observed by an invited audience, which included a large press corps.

The tests were organized by a Joint Army/Navy Task Force and were headed by Vice Admiral William H.P. Blandy. A fleet of more than ninety vessels were assembled at varying distances around the Lagoon as a target. The target fleet consisted of older U.S. warships and submarines, three captured German and Japanese ships, and other surplus auxiliary and amphibious vessels. Some of the ships were loaded with live animals, such as pigs and rats, to study the effects of the nuclear blast and radioactive fallout on animals.

A support fleet of more than 150 ships provided quarters, experimental stations, and workshops for the 42,000 men who participated in the test. Before the tests, all personnel were evacuated from Bikini Atoll and took safe positions at least ten nautical miles east of the atoll as a precaution. The residents of Bikini Atoll were resettled on Rongerik Atoll, approximately 125 miles away
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