Oct 05, 2015 20:00:00

A valuable movie showing the state of the explosion test at the previously unreleased nuclear test site is released

In the United States, Nevada

Nevada Test Site in, be a total of 928 times of the nuclear test has been carried out (PDF) published have been, but the nuclear tests that took place in 1955 ' Operation Teapot of (Operation Teapot)' The state of the four unreleased explosion tests is released in the movie.

Operation Teapot Atomic Explosions HD --YouTube


The first explosion experiment will be conducted with bright light.

A fierce flame rises.

It's in the dark, but you can barely tell that the mushroom cloud is rising.

Then the second explosion. The power of the explosion is stronger than the first time, and it is as bright as daytime.

A thick pillar of fire goes up.

The shape of the pillar of fire gradually changes ...

It changes to the shape of a mushroom with a raised top.

For some time after the explosion, the mushroom umbrella remains bright in the air.

Then the third experiment.

From the appearance of the pillar of fire and smoke, it seems that the scale is about halfway between the first and second experiments.

One of the above three experiments is called 'ESS', and the

nuclear output, which indicates the power of the explosion, is 1.2 kilotons.

The fourth experiment, 'BEE,' was conducted in the bright daytime, with additional units from the US Marine Corps participating.

A nuclear bomb buried in the ground explodes.

Gray smoke spreads in all directions. The nuclear output is said to reach 8 kilotons.

In addition, the Blu-ray disc ' Trinity and Beyond ' containing the state of the nuclear test from 1945 to 1963 including the above four nuclear tests is on sale for $ 24.95 (about 3000 yen). ..