Crossroads Able, a 23-kiloton air-deployed nuclear weapon detonated on July 1, 1946. This bomb used, and consumed, the infamous Demon core that took the lives of two scientists in two separate criticality accidents.
3 posted on
07/26/2012 8:48:57 PM PDT by
DogByte6RER
("Loose lips sink ships")
To: DogByte6RER
Crossroads Able mushroom cloud.
To: DogByte6RER
Photo caption: At This Point, Our Picnic Ended
19 posted on
07/26/2012 11:23:22 PM PDT by
Secret Agent Man
(I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
To: DogByte6RER
That looks a little bigger than 23 kilotons
28 posted on
07/27/2012 4:43:25 AM PDT by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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