Observers watch a nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, 1946. Film: IWM WPN 275 | Imperial War Museum London

Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll (4K Super Enhanced Color Video) 🚩🚩🚩 Nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll consisted of the detonation of 23 nuclear weapons by the United States between 1946 and 1958 on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Tests occurred at seven test sites on the reef itself, on the sea, in the air, and underwater. The test weapons produced a combined fission yield of 42.2 Mt of TNT in explosive power. The United States was engaged in a Cold War nuclear arms race with the Soviet U

2.3M views · 571 reactions | On July 25, 1946, the first underwater nuclear explosion was conducted at a depth of 27 meters in the Bikini Atoll lagoon, shortly after the end of World War II. The over 100 indigenous residents of Bikini Atoll were relocated to other islands to facilitate the nuclear testing. | History In Pictures | Facebook

7.8K views · 142 reactions | The Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean is...