Dozens of Previously Hidden Nuclear Test Videos Declassified, Uploaded to YouTube

Atlas Obscura ^ | March 16, 2017 | Erik Shilling

[PJ-Comix]

One of the most bizarre nuclear videos is this one which shows the first Chinese Nuclear Blast in which the Chinese army and cavalry charges directly into the fallout from the blast. Gotta wonder about the health effects on them years later.

CHINESE NUCLEAR BLAST

[Farmer Dean]

Thanks,I had no idea.I thought that everything would be obliterated instantly.

[Nifster]

Most excellent

[Nifster]

Nah it takes a while for everything to develop. It is spectacular to watch

[rlmorel]

BFL!

[Rebelbase]

Wow! Does anyone else know about this?

[Calvin Locke]

I knew a guy whose father was in the US test. He had a series of health problems starting about 20-25 years later.

[tet68]

Russians did something similar I believe when they
were experimenting with nuclear mines, drove bull dozers
and tanks into the craters.

[Rebelbase]

Rosie O’Donnel’s arm and two legs after feeding at the trough?

[Shark24]

If you are ever in Las Vegas I highly recommend a visit to the National Atomic Testing Museum. Very interesting and sobering.

http://nationalatomictestingmuseum.org/

[farming pharmer]

Teapot-Turk is also my favorite. The blast effect captured on film is just amazing. Glory be to the bomb!

[Rebelbase]

A friend’s father was on of the first to enter Hiroshima. He lived into his 80’s before dying of brain cancer.

[SauronOfMordor]

Bkmrk

[AppyPappy]

I’m beginning to feel resentment against my own country. How could we be so terrible?

[Gasshog]

yeah just imagine what one like that would do to Mecca.

[867V309]

What? Did anyone else know about this????

No mention of the millions of casualties avoided by our not having to invade Japan.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

“Notice the 3 protruding jets at the base of the explosion.What is that?”

Several of those bombs were floated in tethered balloons at modest height. The jets are the steel mooring cables vaporizing, possibly with some secondary effects with streams of particles bombarding the metal vapor.

[Avalon Memories]

The United States did NOT use nuclear bombs during WWII. They were atomic bombs. There is both a qualitative and quantitative difference.

[WhirlwindAttack]

bump to find.

[GreyFriar]

I have no qualms about keeping nuclear weapon design and testing results classified for and undetermined amount of time. Let us pray that these newly declassified films give the Iranians and North Koreans help in the continued development of their own nukes.