Castle Bravo
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Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Castle. Detonated on 1 Mar
The SHRIMP device in its shot cab
Shot-cab installation of SHRIMP device, with humans for scale
Bravo SHRIMP device shot-cab
SHRIMP device delivered via truck awaiting installation
Bikini Atoll
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Bikini Atoll, known as Eschscholtz Atoll between the 19th century and 1946, is a coral reef in the Marshall Islands consisting of 23 islands surrounding a 229.4-square-mile central lagoon. The atoll i
Castle Bravo
…Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Castle. Detonated on 1 March 1954, the device remains the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the…
A woman named Liijabor from Likiep Island, Likiep Atoll in the Marshall Islands, wears a traditional nieded or clothing mat, c. 1918
Island of the Bikini Atoll
Vegetation on Bikini Atoll
Bikini islander canoes are loaded for their relocation