Presidential Message on the 75th Anniversary of the Trinity Nuclear Test
National Security & Defense - Issued on: July 16, 2020
Seventy-five years ago today, on a rainy morning in the Jornada del Muerto desert of New Mexico, the United States ushered in the nuclear age with the detonation of the worlds first nuclear explosive devicean event code-named Trinity. This remarkable feat of engineering and scientific ingenuity was the culmination of the Manhattan Project, which helped end World War II and launch an unprecedented era of global stability, scientific innovation, and economic prosperity.
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