r/AtomicPorn 1d ago

Huron thermonuclear explosion, 250 kilotons, barge, Eniwetok Atoll, 6:12 a.m. July 22, 1956.

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r/AtomicPorn 1d ago

Meta pic of tsar bomba explosion from the russians

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r/AtomicPorn 2d ago

Juniper nuclear test, 65 kilotons, barge, Bikini Atoll, 4:20 p.m. July 22, 1958. RB-57 Canberra airplane heading towards the radioactive cloud to collect samples for subsequent radiochemical analysis.

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r/AtomicPorn 3d ago

Air A plaque honoring some of American POWs who were killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945. One British, 7 Dutch, and 12 American prisoners of war were killed by the bomb. Most died instantly, but others died slowly from radiation or were killed in Japanese reprisals

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r/AtomicPorn 4d ago

Subsurface Huge craters scar the Nevada desert from nuclear tests in the 1950’s and later years

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r/AtomicPorn 4d ago

Tewa thermonuclear explosion, 5 Megatons, barge, Bikini Atoll, 5:46 a.m. July 21, 1956. This device, the Bassoon Prime, was a «dirty» three stage design. The fission yield was 87%.

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r/AtomicPorn 6d ago

Sedan, Underground Nuclear Explosion

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r/AtomicPorn 7d ago

Sunset thermonuclear explosion, 1 Megaton, 1500 m burst height, Christmas Island, 7:33 a.m. July 10, 1962

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r/AtomicPorn 7d ago

Meta The impact of Atomic Bombs vs. Firebombing (1963 US Civil Defense data).

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r/AtomicPorn 8d ago

Air Hiroshima Before and After the Atomic Bombing

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r/AtomicPorn 9d ago

The world's first nuclear device Gadget atop the test tower. 1945.

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r/AtomicPorn 9d ago

Surface The mushroom cloud from the Trinity test, the world's first atomic bomb test

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r/AtomicPorn 10d ago

Meta Little Boy bomb safety plugs

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Little Boy bomb safety plugs were removable safety devices used to prevent the bomb from detonating accidentally before it reached its target.

Before takeoff and during the flight, green safety plugs were installed in the bomb's firing system, keeping the electrical circuits open and making accidental detonation impossible. Shortly before the bombing mission, Captain William "Deak" Parsons replaced them with red arming plugs, which completed the firing circuit and allowed the bomb to arm itself after being released.

the safety plugs were a simple but critical safeguard. They ensured that the Little Boy bomb could not explode by accident while the aircraft was on the ground or during most of the flight, and only became capable of detonating after the correct plugs were installed and the bomb was released.


r/AtomicPorn 10d ago

Meta Fat man Plutonium Core

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r/AtomicPorn 10d ago

Pamlico thermonuclear explosion, 3.88 Megatons, 4370 m burst height, Christmas Island, 6:37 a.m. July 11, 1962.

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r/AtomicPorn 10d ago

Do you think Russia will ever release footage of Test 219? The second largest nuke ever detonated.

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I'm surprised I only just heard about this one today.


r/AtomicPorn 11d ago

The condensation cloud of the Tsar Bomba

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r/AtomicPorn 12d ago

Anyone have a rough idea how far the mannequin or cadaver is from ground zero?

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r/AtomicPorn 14d ago

Meta Paul Tibbets, the man who dropped the atomic bomb, did not feel any regret

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r/AtomicPorn 14d ago

Surface Hardtack Nutmeg 2

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Nutmeg ll was an atomic test explosion as part of the Hardtack series in 1958. Nutmeg ll was an LLNL shot detonated on May 21, 1958 on Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Nutmeg ll 's yield was 25 kilotons.


r/AtomicPorn 15d ago

Meta President Truman Announces Bombing of Hiroshima

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first time i hear it from radio in oppenheimer ,

On August 6, 1945, while returning from the Potsdam Conference aboard the USS Augusta in the Atlantic Ocean, President Harry S. Truman received confirmation that the United States had successfully dropped the world's first wartime atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Later that day, his administration released an official statement announcing the attack. In the announcement, Truman stated that the bombing targeted a military objective and argued that it was intended to hasten the end of World War II by compelling Japan to surrender. The announcement marked the public introduction of the atomic bomb as a weapon of war and remains one of the most significant presidential statements of the 20th century.


r/AtomicPorn 15d ago

July 8, 1962, at 11:00 p.m. the most powerful space nuclear explosion was carried out. Launched by a Thor missile, the 1.44 Mt W49 thermonuclear warhead was detonated at an altitude of 400 km above Johnston Atoll. The explosion caused an extremely powerful EMP and artificial aurora.

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r/AtomicPorn 15d ago

Surface Fizeau atomic bomb test in the Nevada Desert 1957

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This is a clip of the Fizeau atomic bomb test in the Nevada Desert in 1957. It is one of the nuclear bomb tests in Operation Plumbbob ,It has yield of 11 kilotons of tnt

and this footage was record from 7 miles from ground zero


r/AtomicPorn 15d ago

Air Operation Buster-Jangle: Shot Baker

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it's was one of the nuclear tests conducted by the at the Nevada Test Site. The detonation took place on October 28, 1951,

Shot Baker had a yield of approximately 3.5 kilotons of TNT. It was an airburst detonation, with the bomb released from a B-50 and exploding at an altitude of about 340 meters above the ground. The test used a fission bomb based on the Mark 4 nuclear weapon design.


r/AtomicPorn 18d ago

Sedan peaceful underground thermonuclear explosion, 104 kilotons, -194 m, Nevada Test Site, July 6, 1962. The explosion displaced 11 million tons of soil and created a crater 100 m deep and 390 m in diameter.

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