Watching atomic bomb tests
Enewetak Atoll
1951
Enewetak Atoll
1951
April 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Watching atomic bomb tests
Enewetak Atoll
1951
Enewetak Atoll
1951
Watching atomic bomb tests
Enewetak Atoll
1951
Enewetak Atoll
1951
April 8, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Watching atomic bomb tests
Enewetak Atoll
1951
Enewetak Atoll
1951
Every Trump appointee and Roberts must resign or they get exiled to the newly created circuit court of Enewetak
This will absolutely never happen and I am purely speaking fantasy, but the next Democratic trifecta should call Roberts and tell him he has 72 hours to resign along with at least 1 other conservative judge or the courts are going to be expanded to 15
🚨 BREAKING: In a 6-3 decision, SCOTUS allows Trump to dismiss the last Democratic member of the Federal Trade Commission, signaling a potential overturn of a 90-year-old ruling protecting independent agencies from executive control.
September 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Every Trump appointee and Roberts must resign or they get exiled to the newly created circuit court of Enewetak
"Sixty-seven nuclear tests were carried out across Enewetak and Bikini atolls between 1946 and 1958."
Cracks have appeared in a concrete dome holding 120,000 tonnes of contaminated soil and debris from Cold War-era nuclear bomb tests.
Cracks appear in Pacific nuclear tomb as sea levels rise
Cracks have appeared in a concrete dome holding 120,000 tonnes of contaminated soil and debris from Cold War-era nuclear bomb tests.
www.abc.net.au
March 15, 2026 at 6:48 AM
"Sixty-seven nuclear tests were carried out across Enewetak and Bikini atolls between 1946 and 1958."
Fusion has worked since November, 1952, on Enewetak Atoll. Just working out a few details in the ensuing eight decades.
January 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Fusion has worked since November, 1952, on Enewetak Atoll. Just working out a few details in the ensuing eight decades.
Pacific island atolls, particularly Bikini and Enewetak in the Marshall Islands, remain largely uninhabitable decades after U.S. nuclear tests (1946-1958)…
March 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Pacific island atolls, particularly Bikini and Enewetak in the Marshall Islands, remain largely uninhabitable decades after U.S. nuclear tests (1946-1958)…
The Runit Dome and a crater from the Redwing Lacrosse test at Runit Island of Enewetak Atoll.
Taken by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite on 1984-02-05.
I'll get to work on getting the full image online now
Taken by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite on 1984-02-05.
I'll get to work on getting the full image online now
March 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The Runit Dome and a crater from the Redwing Lacrosse test at Runit Island of Enewetak Atoll.
Taken by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite on 1984-02-05.
I'll get to work on getting the full image online now
Taken by a KH-9 HEXAGON spy satellite on 1984-02-05.
I'll get to work on getting the full image online now
At this moment in 1952 (7:14:59 AM November 1, local time), the United States tested the first true (albeit undeliverable, weighing a massive 82 tons) hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll. The 10.4-Megaton MIKE explosion vaporized Elugelab Island, leaving behind a crater 1.2 miles wide and 164 feet deep.
Ivy Mike Countdown and detonation
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October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
At this moment in 1952 (7:14:59 AM November 1, local time), the United States tested the first true (albeit undeliverable, weighing a massive 82 tons) hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll. The 10.4-Megaton MIKE explosion vaporized Elugelab Island, leaving behind a crater 1.2 miles wide and 164 feet deep.
Today in 1952—November 16, local time—the United States conducted the Ivy KING nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll in the Northern Pacific Ocean. A B-36H bomber flying from Kwajalein Atoll dropped an 8,600-pound device, which exploded 1,480 feet above Runit Island with a yield of 500 kilotons.
Atomic Bomb "Ivy King" - www.pastfinder.de
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November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Today in 1952—November 16, local time—the United States conducted the Ivy KING nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll in the Northern Pacific Ocean. A B-36H bomber flying from Kwajalein Atoll dropped an 8,600-pound device, which exploded 1,480 feet above Runit Island with a yield of 500 kilotons.
I propose we revoke their citizenship and send them to Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll, the two most radioactively contaminated islands in the Marshall Islands. They've earned it.
July 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I propose we revoke their citizenship and send them to Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll, the two most radioactively contaminated islands in the Marshall Islands. They've earned it.
Operation Hardtack I, Shot Oak, 28 June 1958, Enewetak Atoll— 8.9 megaton nuclear test thevaultoftheatomicspaceage.tumblr.com/post/8120659...
March 25, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Operation Hardtack I, Shot Oak, 28 June 1958, Enewetak Atoll— 8.9 megaton nuclear test thevaultoftheatomicspaceage.tumblr.com/post/8120659...
#OTD in 1944, an overloaded PB4Y-1 Liberator patrol bomber trying to take off from the airfield on Enewetak Atoll crashed into a row of parked carrier replacement planes. The ensuing fire caused the Liberator's bombs to detonate, destroying 84 aircraft and damaging dozens more.
August 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
#OTD in 1944, an overloaded PB4Y-1 Liberator patrol bomber trying to take off from the airfield on Enewetak Atoll crashed into a row of parked carrier replacement planes. The ensuing fire caused the Liberator's bombs to detonate, destroying 84 aircraft and damaging dozens more.
Just finishing #TurningPoint The Bomb & The Cold War on Netflix.
Can strongly recommend!
Can strongly recommend!
![The mushroom cloud from the world’s first test of a thermonuclear device, dubbed Ivy Mike, over Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands on November 1, 1952. [AP Photo/Los Alamos National Laboratory]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:45t3x6xdsim6euvaymzunc4r/bafkreicfncpakbgidgb6vjudxwyllzwmkpjdzyor4wpwmk5xrydb366swa)
May 2, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Just finishing #TurningPoint The Bomb & The Cold War on Netflix.
Can strongly recommend!
Can strongly recommend!
In the 1950s, the US carried out nuclear weapons tests on the Enewetak Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands. The resulting radioactive waste is still stored under the concrete “Runit Dome”. Now that’s at risk from heat and rising sea levels.
www.dw.com/en/south-sea...
www.dw.com/en/south-sea...
Nuclear waste in a South Seas paradise – DW – 02/19/2025
In the 1950s, the US carried out nuclear weapons tests on the Enewetak Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands. The resulting radioactive waste is still stored under the concrete “Runit Dome”. Now that’s...
www.dw.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In the 1950s, the US carried out nuclear weapons tests on the Enewetak Atoll, part of the Marshall Islands. The resulting radioactive waste is still stored under the concrete “Runit Dome”. Now that’s at risk from heat and rising sea levels.
www.dw.com/en/south-sea...
www.dw.com/en/south-sea...
Veterans like Paul Laird, Tim Snider, and David Roach, who have suffered for years from multiple serious health problems linked to their work on the Enewetak Radiological Support Project but who have long been denied government-supported medical care by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Troops Who Cleaned Up Radioactive Islands Can’t Get Medical Care (Gift Article)
Roughly 4,000 service members helped clean up the Enewetak Atoll from nuclear tests. Many now have ailments they think result from the work, but the government won’t provide health care.
www.nytimes.com
September 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Veterans like Paul Laird, Tim Snider, and David Roach, who have suffered for years from multiple serious health problems linked to their work on the Enewetak Radiological Support Project but who have long been denied government-supported medical care by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Here are remarkable before and after photographs of the MIKE test’s almost unimaginable impact on Enewetak Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, showing the complete disappearance of Elugelab Island and the partial destruction of Sanil Island, leaving in their place a huge crater on the seafloor.
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Here are remarkable before and after photographs of the MIKE test’s almost unimaginable impact on Enewetak Atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, showing the complete disappearance of Elugelab Island and the partial destruction of Sanil Island, leaving in their place a huge crater on the seafloor.
For an excellent examination of the history and lethal legacy of US nuclear testing in Nevada, the Pacific Proving Grounds (Bikini and Enewetak Atolls, Christmas Island, and Johnston Atoll), and multiple other locations, see Lesley Blume’s September 2022 article in National Geographic.
U.S. nuclear testing's devastating legacy lingers, 30 years after moratorium
The United States conducted 1,054 atomic tests—costing more than $100 billion and taking an incalculable toll on humans and the environment.
www.nationalgeographic.com
September 24, 2026 at 11:33 PM
For an excellent examination of the history and lethal legacy of US nuclear testing in Nevada, the Pacific Proving Grounds (Bikini and Enewetak Atolls, Christmas Island, and Johnston Atoll), and multiple other locations, see Lesley Blume’s September 2022 article in National Geographic.
Today in 1958, the United States conducted its third underwater nuclear test—Wahoo (9 kilotons)—8,000 feet outside of Enewetak Atoll lagoon off Bogan Island. A B7 “Betty” nuclear depth bomb was detonated 490 feet underwater (in water 3,200 feet deep) near an array of ships, barges, and submarines.
May 16, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Today in 1958, the United States conducted its third underwater nuclear test—Wahoo (9 kilotons)—8,000 feet outside of Enewetak Atoll lagoon off Bogan Island. A B7 “Betty” nuclear depth bomb was detonated 490 feet underwater (in water 3,200 feet deep) near an array of ships, barges, and submarines.
I was keen to solve the mystery. A quick online search turned up a perfect match.
This is the MOHAWK thermonuclear weapon test, part of Operation Redwing. It was conducted from atop a 300-foot tower on Eberiru (Ruby) Island at Enewetak Atoll on July 3, 1956 (local time). The yield was 360 kilotons.
This is the MOHAWK thermonuclear weapon test, part of Operation Redwing. It was conducted from atop a 300-foot tower on Eberiru (Ruby) Island at Enewetak Atoll on July 3, 1956 (local time). The yield was 360 kilotons.
August 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I was keen to solve the mystery. A quick online search turned up a perfect match.
This is the MOHAWK thermonuclear weapon test, part of Operation Redwing. It was conducted from atop a 300-foot tower on Eberiru (Ruby) Island at Enewetak Atoll on July 3, 1956 (local time). The yield was 360 kilotons.
This is the MOHAWK thermonuclear weapon test, part of Operation Redwing. It was conducted from atop a 300-foot tower on Eberiru (Ruby) Island at Enewetak Atoll on July 3, 1956 (local time). The yield was 360 kilotons.
Today in 1979, the massive concrete dome on Runit Island at Enewetak Atoll was completed, entombing 4,700 cubic meters of radioactive debris and more than 83,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil scraped off neighboring islands—the dangerous residue of 43 US nuclear tests from 1948-58.
September 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Today in 1979, the massive concrete dome on Runit Island at Enewetak Atoll was completed, entombing 4,700 cubic meters of radioactive debris and more than 83,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil scraped off neighboring islands—the dangerous residue of 43 US nuclear tests from 1948-58.
Unfortunately, thousands of the veterans whom the new law was intended to help have had their claims denied by the Department of Veterans Affairs. “They’re waiting for us to die,” said Kenneth Brownell, 66 (pictured), in August 2023, one of the first soldiers sent to clean up Enewetak Atoll in 1977.
Despite a new law enacted a year ago, the Dept. of Veterans Affairs has rejected 86% of claims from more than 4,100 veterans exposed to harmful levels of radiation decades ago while cleaning up debris from nuclear weapons accidents or at Pacific nuclear test sites, or when observing nuclear tests.
‘Atomic veterans’ overwhelmingly denied benefits for illnesses related to radiation exposure dur...
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it has granted about 570 of 4,100 claims as many radiation-exposed veterans die of cancer and old age.
www.nbcnews.com
September 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Unfortunately, thousands of the veterans whom the new law was intended to help have had their claims denied by the Department of Veterans Affairs. “They’re waiting for us to die,” said Kenneth Brownell, 66 (pictured), in August 2023, one of the first soldiers sent to clean up Enewetak Atoll in 1977.
Today in 1958 on Runit Island, to conclude Operation Hardtack I, the United States conducted FIG, its 43rd and final nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll. The yield was just 20 tons (.02 kilotons). The tested device evolved into the W54—the lightest and lowest-yield US fission warhead ever deployed.
Operation Hardtack-1 - Fig 53246
YouTube video by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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August 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Today in 1958 on Runit Island, to conclude Operation Hardtack I, the United States conducted FIG, its 43rd and final nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll. The yield was just 20 tons (.02 kilotons). The tested device evolved into the W54—the lightest and lowest-yield US fission warhead ever deployed.
Today in 1958 on Runit Island, to conclude Operation Hardtack I, the United States conducted its 43rd and final nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll. The yield was just 20 tons (.02 kilotons).
“FIG” tested a device that evolved into the W54—the lightest and lowest-yield US fission warhead ever deployed.
“FIG” tested a device that evolved into the W54—the lightest and lowest-yield US fission warhead ever deployed.
Operation Hardtack-1 - Fig 53246
YouTube video by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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August 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Today in 1958 on Runit Island, to conclude Operation Hardtack I, the United States conducted its 43rd and final nuclear test at Enewetak Atoll. The yield was just 20 tons (.02 kilotons).
“FIG” tested a device that evolved into the W54—the lightest and lowest-yield US fission warhead ever deployed.
“FIG” tested a device that evolved into the W54—the lightest and lowest-yield US fission warhead ever deployed.
The 1958 "Wahoo" test, part of Operation Hardtack I, was the first underwater nuclear explosion in this series. A 9 kt atomic bomb detonated 500 ft underwater near Enewetak Atoll, creating a massive spray dome and impacting nearby naval ships. en.wikipedia.org?curid=1107058
September 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The 1958 "Wahoo" test, part of Operation Hardtack I, was the first underwater nuclear explosion in this series. A 9 kt atomic bomb detonated 500 ft underwater near Enewetak Atoll, creating a massive spray dome and impacting nearby naval ships. en.wikipedia.org?curid=1107058