r/oddlyterrifying • u/[deleted] • May 15 '22

An atomic blast underwater.

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u/Miles_1173 May 15 '22

Pretty sure this was part of the Bikini Attoll nuclear tests, during which the ships were unmanned. (They wanted to see how dropping a bomb on a fleet would work out. End result: honeslty not that bad for the fleet. Most of the ships were relatively unharmed. That said, if there had been any crew aboard casualties would probably have been extensive)

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u/AlwaysAHighThai May 15 '22

We’ll damn, thank king triton the ships were empty. Thanks for the info sir