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- Beyond the historical significance of the films, the LLNL researchers said footage of the nuclear tests can also help post-Cold War-era scientists better understand the impact of nuclear weapons and determine whether the aging U.S. nuclear deterrent — nuclear weapons intended to deter other countries from nuclear attacks — is safe, secure and effective.
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Aug 1, 2023 · The latest one doing the rounds is the belief that historical footage of nuclear weapons tests is in fact fake. Why? Because surely the cameras that filmed such blasts would have been...
- Film #1: Operation Dominic—Housatonic 120256
- Film #2: Operation Teapot—Tesla 28617
- Film #3:Operation Hardtack I—Nutmeg 51538
- Film #4: Operation Dominic—Bighorn 110762
In this film, a device airdropped from about 12,000 feet above the Pacific detonates on October 30, 1962. The film shows the two characteristic light output pulses that are seen only in nuclear weapon blasts, which correlate with the device’s yield (the amount of energy given off from the explosion). The first pulse occurs when the shock wave forms...
Tesla was a relatively low-yield shot of seven kilotons, dropped from a 300-foot tower at the government’s test site in Nevada on March 1, 1955. When the shock wave hits the ground in the video, it kicks up the dry desert soil and “it makes a nice little dust cloud,” Spriggs says. After the second pulse of light reaches its maximum, the bright whit...
The Nutmeg test was detonated from a barge tethered to Bikini Atoll in the Pacific on May 21, 1958. In this film the initial blast and scattering of light are visible but high humidity obscures the fireball itself. As the shock wave travels away from the blast, it changes the atmospheric pressure and creates a low-pressure trough in its wake. Conde...
The Bighorn device was dropped over the Pacific Ocean from a height of around 12,000 feet on June 27, 1962. Thanks to the high altitude, the detonation occurs above the humid layer of the lower atmosphere. The bright light erupts from the second pulse, and then the gases start to escape. As the shock wave propagates downward, it flows through the m...
Mar 20, 2017 · X-SciTech. Restored and declassified videos reveal power of Cold War nuclear tests. By Shanika Gunaratna. March 20, 2017 / 6:34 PM EDT / CBS News. In the thick of Cold War tensions from...
Mar 16, 2017 · Beyond the historical significance of the films, the LLNL researchers said footage of the nuclear tests can also help post-Cold War-era scientists better understand the impact of nuclear...
Jul 29, 2023 · CLAIM: Nuclear weapons are fake because no camera could have survived the blasts seen in archival test footage. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Camera set-ups used to capture nuclear weapons testing in the U.S. were specially designed to withstand intense effects from the bombs.
- mgoldin@ap.org
- News Verification Reporter/Editor
Mar 16, 2017 · Beyond the historical significance of the films, the LLNL researchers said footage of the nuclear tests can also help post-Cold War-era scientists better understand the impact of nuclear...
Jul 4, 2023 · But a recent social media post is claiming nuclear weapons are a sham. A July 4 tweet showed footage of buildings being destroyed in a 1955 nuclear weapons test in Nevada. This blast was...
