80 years ago, the military tested nukes on a fleet
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After World War II, the U.S. military had a new problem to figure out: Just what could a nuclear weapon do against a conventional force? To figure that out, the Army and Navy teamed up for the first post-war nuclear tests, assembling a massive fleet, tens of thousands of troops and several of its then-limited atomic arsenal for what would be dubbed Operation Crossroads.
What resulted was a pair of nuclear tests that sank several ships and rendered dozens inoperable, and heavily contaminated t
What resulted was a pair of nuclear tests that sank several ships and rendered dozens inoperable, and heavily contaminated t
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