Operation Crossroads
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title:
Operation Crossroads
text:
Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. They were the first nuclear weapon tests since Trinity on July 16, 1945, and the first detonations of nuclear devices since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. The purpose of the tests was to investigate the effect of nuclear weapons on warships. The Crossroads tests were the first of many nuclear tests held in the Marshall Islands and the first to be publicly announc
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1946 nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads
date created:
2003-05-15T19:59:30Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T02:25:40Z
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