-2000 FEET VERY DEEP UNDERWATER NUCLEAR EXPLOSION 1955 UNKNOWN VERSION

Operation WIGWAM was a deep underwater nuclear test conducted as part of the 1945-1962 United Statesseries of atmospheric nuclear tests. It took place on May 14 and 15, 1955 in the Pacific Ocean approximately500 miles southwest of San Diego, California, under the joint administration of the Atomic Energy Commissionand the Department of Defense (DOD). The purpose of the operation was to determine the radiation andpressure phenomenology associated with nuclear detonations at great depths and to ascertain the effects such explosions would have on submerged and surface vessels. Approximately 6,800 personnel and 30 ships tookpart in this operation under the Commander, Joint Task Force 7.
A single, 30-kiloton nuclear device was suspended by cable from a towed unmanned barge to a depth of 2,000 feet in water that was 16,000 feet deep. Located at varying distances along the approximately 6-mile (30,000 feet) long towline between this barge and the fleet tug, USS TAWASA (ATF 92), were a variety of pressuremeasuring instruments, unmanned and specially prepared submerged submarine-like hulls (called squaws) as well as instrumented and also unmanned surface boats. #wigwam
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[@1FokkerAce]

They had longer seconds back then, so they could get more done.

[@Stacie45]

Same thing on the old Star Trek, that's why Captain Kirk could always beam up in time.

[@kwaktak]

Yeah, like light their pipes because two kinds of cancer might cancel each other out.

[@Wildstar40]

Oh yes the Imperial Hour back then was almost twice as long as the Metric Hour we go by today. Back then people had more appreciation for the second and they knew how to stretch it out. Same thing goes for the dollar.

[@EthelredHardrede-nz8yv]

You should check it against a clock. Its one second per second.

[@usnva5638]

8 hour work days back then must have been torturous.

[@someguy5035]

Literally the same person did the narration for every film for 50 years.

[@Chemist4271]

Quagmire from family guys is based of that voice

[@quantumdecoherence1289]

lol

[@Earth11111]

Lol fr

[@KtotheC6342]

Who was that masked man?

[@indridcold8433]

@@KtotheC6342 Douglas Rain was the voice of the H.A.L. 9000 computer. That performance has inspired artificial intelligence voices from there on. Alexa, Google home, Bixby, all have a similar cadence and mannerism to the H.A.L 9000 computer. The voice may sound different in pitch and emulated gender representation, but the cadence and mannerism are almost the same.

[@l8tbraker]

A few fun facts about the test: The test site was chosen by the U.S. government based on a study conducted by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (in La Jolla, California), which described it as a “biological desert”. The eruption occurred immediately after detonation, covering an area of two and a half kilometers and dispersing over 9 billion cubic meters of radioactive seawater. The vessels closest to the explosion were severely damaged, as was the USS Tawasa, an observer vessel with scientists on board. The radioactive mist produced by the blast covered some of the 30 participating vessels. All 6,800 personnel had been provided with film badges to measure radioactive exposure, but no protective gear. The amount of radiation to which participating servicemen were exposed remains contentious. While government sources described the doses as very low, veterans and their families have expressed concern about health implications, arguing that the dosimetry film badges could not measure ionizing radiation (radioactive particles) and pointing to cases of early cancer deaths among participants. Increased levels of radioactivity were monitored from four days after the test at the California/ Mexico border, at a distance of 800 kilometers. www.ctbto.org/specials/testing-times/14-may-1955-wigwam/

[@bighands69]

Many things are radioactive so they can be detected from long distances. Nuclear half life of water and environmental materials is very short and the greatest risk is in the short term after a period of time the radiation of such materials are non existent.

[@scottessery100]

@@bighands69so that’s ok then

[@trolleriffic]

@@scottessery100 The oceans contain 4.5 billion tons of uranium, 67 billion tons of radioactive potassium along with millions of tons of other radioisotopes of thorium, rubidium and many other elements. In total it's the equivalent amount of radioactivity as 2 million Chernobyl disasters. So yeah, it's okay.

[@quazars236]

​@@trolleriffic then, what if 500 nukes are detonated in our oceans today, will that be okay? Presently we are on a brink of WW3 i guess...

[@kimpirihi]

No whales were harmed in this test. Well, none that we could find.

[@HenauderTitzauf]

Not funny at all. Every nuc we do this with, animals die, next, humans. Oops, we already did that.

[@rvndmnmt1]

@Star Trek Theory not to me. I hate the damn things. Fuck em and kill them all.

[@creativechillzone7817]

@ Larry Bentley. Lol 😂 I really just don't know what to reply to your comment but it made me laugh for some reason and made me hate whales now 😠😠😠

[@pauloalves4732]

@@rvndmnmt1 you're seeing it wrong. They don't exist to sing for you. And none of them heard you sing too, should they kill you?

[@commentatron]

@@pauloalves4732 Give Larry a break; he's not who he pretends to be. He's a plankton. His whole family was killed by a whale.

[@buzaldrin8086]

Regarding the effect on sea life in the test: " "My husband said that after the detonation for as far as the eye could see the ocean was covered with dead marine life." Joan McCarthy, widow of Operation Wigwam veteran Tom McCarthy, who died of cancer aged 44."

[@katdaddy469]

Very sad

[@rickszabo4312]

Thank you. This is all about protecting the wealthy in the name of freedom, still going on today. I guess you can't get or be wealthy unless you are truly free. Sorry about the rant but how come the very wealthy are getting richer during the covid 19 epidemic .

[@jeffj2495]

Thank you for this information. The US Govt - one of the top destroyers of the Earth's environment.

[@buzaldrin8086]

@Sharron Clark It's a hella big ocean.

[@boltmann]

These are the kinds of tests that induce natural disasters

[@WATERDOG300]

Remember that some of the subs they were trying to kill had nuclear torpedoes and later nuclear missiles aboard. Also, it wasn't only the US that was testing nukes in the atmosphere, oceans and space but also the USSR, and to a lesser degree at the same time, the UK and France and later China. So it wasn't a one sided affair. It was also the height of the cold war, we fully expected to fight a nuclear war and were preparing for all possibilities. I suspect many of those commenting are far too young to have any direct recollection of that time. I remember 'air raid drills' where we hid under our desks in elementary school, and being marched into Fallout shelters several times a year and taught how to use the geiger counter and emergency supplies. My parents had a fallout shelter in the back yard. We lived in fear of nuclear attack everyday. It's easy to judge actions from 70 years ago from the comfort of today. It was a totally different time then, one I hope this generation never has to experience firsthand.

[@walterappling6230]

No one had nuclear tipped torpedos, never mind SLBMs, in 1955.

[@thesmellofbacon7595]

Ever since two nations had nuclear arms we have been at the brink of nuclear war. Nothing has changed. The only difference now is our government doesn't care about everyones survival. They have their bunkers and that's all they need. We aren't taught anything about it now yet there are far more wars and nuclear countries today.

[@willybloo]

@@walterappling6230 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_torpedo and also he said LATER they had missles...go spout your ignorance somewhere else

[@MrNucleosome]

Mentioning that it wasn't a "one sided affair" is so typical for Americans.

[@davidcarbonnel6396]

Covid

[@andreaantonello3314]

And then, sponge bob was born...

[@liamkisbee8117]

Yup bikini bottom. Or in real life bikini atol. Who lives in a pineapple under the sea SPONGE BOB SQUARE PANTS

[@burningchrome70]

And a squirrel in a spacesuit with a Texas accent.

[@liamkisbee8117]

@@burningchrome70 piss funny show

[@jblob5764]

I mean they even have an episode with sandy with that radioactive wasteland theyre being all extreme in... ☢

[@infledermaus]

No, I think it would have been Sponge Bob, Sr., his father unless Sponge Bob is 65.

[@mikey117us]

This is not the full length declassified video. The full length video describes the test as a failure, the yield of the bomb was amplified way above what they expected because of the bouncing off the ocean floor,My father was on the aircraft carrier. In the 1990s they began to pay veterans and families survivor and death benefits. This film doesn’t show like the declassified version the sailors getting overwhelmed by mist. This caused strange diseases and like my father cancer which took him in 2007.

[@MatthewBaileyBeAfraid]

And there are two shockwaves because of how a Bomb underwater works. The first shockwave comes from the actual detonation. The second shockwave comes from the collapse of the bubble/vacuum created from the initial detonation.

[@user-ji5uf1yq7d]

Was wondering what that was

[@gizmophoto3577]

Would there also be a reflected shock wave from the ocean bottom?

[@jsl209]

If you look closely, there's actually 3 (1 close to the end of the clip), which become increasingly faster as the energy from the collapsed bubble causes subsequent bubble/collapse.

[@blingbling574]

The bubble expands and collapses many times, just significantly smaller each time. Hard to explain...

[@mikehancho800]

@@blingbling574 you also have the echo of the first shock wave that bounces off the bottom and comes back up and hits the top again. can also use this to determine the depth of a sub from the bounce of it's sonar off the bottom if you know how deep the water she is in.

[@gabrielc6252]

Yes, I am sure they kindly asked the billions of fish to evacuate the area

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

Just like they were told them not to go there for a while because of the radiation. And of course with an apology.

[@indridcold8433]

After the explosion, few fish were found harmed. However, I wonder what all the stray scales they found floating and oily messes they found came from.

[@soumendas7437]

Bro, you're 100 percent👌 right. Shameless test.

[@sillyoldbastard3280]

They did and the fish were very obliging

[@tsarbomba1]

Mr. Limpet took care of it.

[@kenrussell1093]

I remember as a kid, when we would be trapping on a creek for raccoons, we would stick the barrel of a .22 in the water and fire once in order to get bait for our traps. The amount of small bluegills and minnows that would come to the surface totally messed up from the concussion would sometimes be surprising. Then to imagine how many specie of marine mammals and fish were from 2000 feet to the surface, and 2000 feet to the bottom and the circumference of the blast. Kind of horrifying to consider, and I bet it didn't even get a moment's consideration. Thinking about it now, I guess we were no better, just on a much smaller scale

[@stevetreloar6602]

Apparently after oceanic island/atoll testing; not only are any live fish radioactive, the smell is apparently horrific. Thanks France for that detail about your last Pacific tests you assholes.

[@ryanwatterson4038]

Only commercial fish, money is what's important ofc..

[@michiganlineman357]

@Jim Watson indeed... very foolish

[@SunriseLAW]

Dupont Spinners.... a better way to fish. :(

[@misterschubert3242]

Your fish were concussed. These fish were vaporized.

[@TheCampnFool]

My dad was there. On the USS Blue DD-744. He died in '89 of liver cancer. Age 56.

[@dodgeman4360]

5 seconds after detonation, Godzilla pops his head out and says "OK, I'm awake!"....

[@Robert_Douglass]

"You woke me up with just fifteen K's?! I can't start the day without at least a Meg, what's wrong with you people!?"

[@indridcold8433]

I am not sure 15 kilotons would wake Godzilla.

[@infledermaus]

Hahahahaaaahahahaaaa!

[@Ichwillkeinenaliascheisyoutube]

15k would be his sleeping melody..... :-)

[@a.k.a.A.E.1]

no, these tests were because of godzilla. secret organization, monarch, tried to kill godzilla. to save the world.

[@roelreambo3851]

imagine exploding that A bomb, just for a single submarine.

[@5000mahmud]

When that submarine could end a dozen cities, it starts looking reasonable

[@roelreambo3851]

@@5000mahmudyeah its like your making a carpet bombing with 1 blast. maybe there's other any conventional way to track down submarines.

[@turdferg9703]

Sometimes it's hard to be extremely accurate underwater with a conventional device, so sending a nuke and any submarine within miles just gets destroyed.

[@hermitcard4494]

To destroy a single sub that has a couple of nuclear missiles ready to launch.

[@nocommentsnocomments2373]

@@hermitcard4494 I takes minimum 20 minutes to launch missile from submarine

[@ultimaterescreen]

the shock wave in the atmosphere above the blast was AWESOME and the subsequent Shockwave in the water a second or 2 after was cool too - then the double Shockwave that hit the officers on the viewing ship was amazing!!

[@blaneycrabbe3390]

Has anyone in life told you that you missed your calling in life ?

[@Dimacswtf]

8:40 Your are welcome guys.

[@nagualdesign]

Don't you mean 7:40? 😁

[@danielf1506]

you should watch the whole thing

[@brian6140]

nagualdesign nope. 8:40. 7:40 was one minute to bada-boom

[@nagualdesign]

Seriously..? Nobody can see the humour in what I wrote or the part of the video I linked to..? What did you think the grinning smiley detones?! And you assumed that I hadn't watched the video, even though it's the primary purpose of anyone visiting this page, right? _smh_

[@nagualdesign]

@@brian6140 It was actually ten minutes to bada-boom.

[@alexandercarder2281]

The double shock wave was tremendous

[@yannickplabonte]

I think they first felt the shockwave in the water and then from the air. Sounds move faster in water. 343m/s in air and 1480 m/s in water

[@shawnsousa7473]

Yann you are correct about differences between speed of travel of sound between two mediums (air and water) were not dealing with a sounds it's a blast pressure wave. The guy above was right about the blast wave reflection off the sea bottom

[@tlamn1905]

It's like an inverted Triple-Point Line/Sub-surface Mach Stem Y Effect. A spherical blast pressure suddenly becomes concave, via the Incident Shock (Wave) "Bouncing" off the seafloor as the first Gentleman said (👊), these create the Reflected (Waves) transfering the energy towards the epicenter/Hypocentre and out. The Triple Point Line (imagine a "Y" with Incident Shock as left "upper arm" and Reflective as right "upper "arm" The Blast Front rushes out and loses speed/energy as it expands. Eventually, now moving Supersonic, the Mach Front, a "wall" of "Holy Shite...", catches the initial Blast Front, kicks it in the arse and form the Triple Point Line "the point where both "arms" and "Leg" meet. Varies by Yield and TOB/HOB, but it's what makes the "second" seem so powerful and why it lasts longer, Plus, the pressure wraps around everything, so it's a bitch trying to hide! Pressurised and underwater in a sub? That would suck serious Bollocks. It's the same phenomena making Air-Bursts so effective and certain types of explosions. Hope this helps

[@itialianpasta]

​@@BF4pawntard actually, i think the second largest shockwave was from the air cavity collapsing on itself. Although, your reflection theory makes sense as well... check out this video to see what i mean. Start from 2:00 to save time, watch?v=cp5gdUHFGIQ

[@billgere5293]

This is what they didn’t tell you in this video now that it has been declassified. (I had to talk to my Navy counterpart at the Pentagon) 2 subs closest to the blast were destroyed. The last one was so badly damaged it would have been rendered inoperable and more than likely would not have made it back to port. The nuclear test usage is still classified but I can tell you it was greater than the bomb dropped on Nagasaki. Use your imagination as to how big the warhead was by it’s appropriate applications.

[@jockeolzzon1222]

Like, a normal nuclear explosion is frightening and enticing... But in some way, being underwater... cascading up millions of tons of water, waves, steam.... it's just so much more terrifying and i love it. wish i could have been there witnessing it

[@OCRay1]

Wow we humans ha e done so many stupid ass things and haven’t cared whatsoever about the damage to the environment and the loss of so many other species. It’s pathetic. I’m a proud American and love our military including it’s history. However, that doesn’t mean for a second I support many of the things we have done, especially nuclear testing. No country should have a single nuclear weapon, period. The countries worldwide, especially the US and Russia, and now China, have detonated countless nuclear weapons. And we wonder why the earths environments and so many countless species are dying at unusually rapid rates. Come on!!! What is our legacy as a species going to be- that we destroyed our planet and killed billions of completely innocent species’?? Pathetic.

[@PabloLaConecta]

"How stop an enemy submarine quickly and efficiently,," Not sure about the efficiently part, lol.

[@indridcold8433]

The military was thinking about deploying only one weapon verses many. It did not matter to them that the one weapon produced an explosive yield that was far more powerful than many conventional weapons. I think they stretching a bit. Technically the use of one weapon verses many is more efficient. But they are leaving out a lot of details that prove otherwise.

[@jeffmartin8106]

I wish there was footage of the underwater explosion

[@robertreynolds9228]

There is alot of footage underwater plus spec graph readings and other stuff i need not mention. But you need clearace to get it.

[@Nick-hv8gj]

@@robertreynolds9228 That's helpful. Thanks Robert.

[@robertreynolds9228]

@@Nick-hv8gj Your very welcome nick.

[@christopherconard2831]

At 2000' down there isn't any appreciable light. Any cameras close enough to see the effect at depth probably wouldn't survive. Though it is possible there could be a momentary flashbulb effect.

[@user-Void-Star]

@@christopherconard2831 live camera is a thing you know 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@patricksaylor6210]

This is bad. Not in a good way

[@Gainn]

"And that, kids, was how I met your mother.." ~ Godzilla

[@iplanes1]

I am impressed with the ability of this video to contain sexism, racism and the implication that money is more important than life all in the same sad production.

[@FirstnameLastname-zm6ke]

10:18 looks like a giant floating skull amongst the debris. How appropriate.

[@peterrevens8454]

Noticed that 😮

[@johannfer7073]

Now I can't unsee that 🥴

[@Jwillrocku2]

No tidal wave? Crazy. I love how positive the narrator is as they nuke the sea for research. He probably went to Chernobyl to tell the residents its ok a third testicle is natural even as a woman. 😂

[@Wildstar40]

There was a tidal wave. It was only two inches high but it was there lol

[@richmerowitz5610]

Narrator has a very creepy voice.

[@firebomb5510]

Chyrnoble didnt happen too years later,,1980's I think

[@sirich7751]

Way before Chernobyl my friend....

[@xiro6]

@@Wildstar40 tsunamis,in deep waters,are less than an inch high,but hundreds of meters deep.

[@ClaudeMagicbox]

"We wanted to see if a nuclear bomb could kill an enemy submarine".... is this guy for real?

[@Akeldama9]

Yeah I lol'd. For science would have been an acceptable answer or just for the hell of it. Realistically, it was all three.

[@turdferg9703]

Sometimes it's hard to be extremely accurate underwater with a conventional device, so sending a nuke and any submarine within miles just gets destroyed.

[@cs0345]

@@turdferg9703 Nukes make us pretty lazy when it comes to warfare. Can't figure out where a submarine is? Just use a nuke

[@indridcold8433]

@@cs0345 I think the Chinese fish that way. They just drop a one kiloton nuke off the coast of any nation. After detonation, they gather up all the fish, jelly fish, eels, hagfish, whales, dolphins, squids, seaweed, seals, newby swimmers, and dumped bodies that float up.

[@indridcold8433]

@@cs0345 I think the Chinese fish that way. They just drop a one kiloton nuke off the coast of any nation. After detonation, they gather up all the fish, jelly fish, eels, hagfish, whales, dolphins, squids, seaweed, seals, newby swimmers, and dumped bodies that float up.

[@HughesEnterprises]

The US, Soviets, and British all developed nuclear depth charges after this test. One of which was lost off the coast of WA in 1959.

[@vonclod123]

Interesting, never heard that one.

[@OkammakO]

@@vonclod123 There's been a surprising number of 'lost' nuclear munitions. The US has had at least 32 incidents, with 8 or 9 probably functional warheads lost and never found. Who knows how many were lost by Russia and the former USSR.

[@choppertimberland139]

@@OkammakO yeah but never heard of the one off wa

[@Lazy_Tim]

Apparently it did not contain a fissile core. All is good.....

[@smitbar11]

And the French

[@johnwood551]

Just remember on the VERY FIRST atomic test the Scientists weren’t sure the chain reaction would stop..BUT they fired it off anyway ! Could have been the end of the world for all they knew. !! So when people talk of Science being the answer , it really is Science is asking question .

[@ekids.bassment]

Guy says ....this how you quickly destroy an enemy submarine... While this test took days in preparation :D

[@ptyptypty3]

today you couldn't use the term "SQUAW" .. even though the Operation was called WIGWAM.....

[@TheNefastor]

You think the military cares about SJW's ? Or that they ask SJW's to validate the names of secret tests and equipment ? LOL.

[@user-mp3eq6ir5b]

Actually, the Tribes sued the Govt over thus & received Casino Privileges in return. You can insult me anytime...

[@mattlangstraaat3508]

Sad days we are in

[@TheNefastor]

@@user-mp3eq6ir5b somehow I don't believe this was over military program names. You must be talking reparations or something else that's completely off-topic.

[@woobykal68]

I would hate to think how much marine life was killed during this.

[@davesbackyardchickensandou3905]

For sure!

[@eagleviewhd]

Not as much as is killed for a days worth of Sushi in Tokyo, Japan!

[@stephx9759]

There have been hundreds of these ‘experiments’ at sea, especially the french were fond of killing dolphins

[@natowaveenjoyer9862]

National defense requires being anti-environment, fuck the environment.

[@supressorgrid]

The Sqaw carried no hazardous chemicals on board so as to comply with EPA regulations.

[@bebopalloobop]

Yeah no nuclear reactors on that sub....

[@oceanhome2023]

It appears that we were the only Nuclear power that videotaped every facet of our nuclear testing . All of the others could care less Russia has some awesome testing videos and I bet they have some more ! Are we the only people who enjoy watching this stuff ?

[@Wtf0069]

It's unimaginable the amount of damage that what done to the immediate area of the ocean!

[@Dryhalf08]

Where do you wanna be during a nuclear explosion? Somewhere, where I can say “what the phuck was that?”

[@blaneycrabbe3390]

The place to be (or water) is GROUND ZERO ! ! !

[@tonydmty1234567]

"Atomic age can bring a lasting freedom", That sounds extremely ironic. ";-)

[@alexanderm2220]

And yet

[@Mamo878]

I wonder if there's a Part 2 with the results of the test. That would be interesting as well.

[@UnknownUnknown-uc5ty]

The test results are as follows: it appears the device has gotten a whole bunch of fish VAPORIZED THE FUCK UP

[@nonconsensualopinion]

@@UnknownUnknown-uc5ty enough of your ivy league scientific mumbo jumbo. In English, professor!

[@Akeldama9]

"Admiral, did we get the test sub?" "Uhh... no I think we missed it. 🙄"

[@UnknownUnknown-uc5ty]

@@nonconsensualopinion BADONKADONK GO BIG BOOM MAKE FISH FOREVER NAP

[@brianwhedon8442]

According to someone in the military who replied on a comment above, the 2 closest subs were completely destroyed, and the farthest was heavily damaged. It's not classified info, but it's not openly discussed either. The weapon was 100% effective

[@michealtull9033]

I am beginning to believe that scientists are the biggest threat to humanity and life on earth in general, that exists.

[@jamal69jackson77]

This guy narrating the story is obviously oblivious to the fact the the navy back then, DID have the opportunity to try an efficient, cost effective and groundbreaking technology that would have saved the US billions of dollars, given America naval forces the edge over enemy submarines and most importantly, saved thousands of sailor's lives... but of course, since that technology was invented and brought to their attention by a woman, they decided not to take a look at it and ignored the possibilities it could have afforded the United States navy. Her name was Hedy Lamarr... she was beautiful and very smart. The technology that cellular telephones operate by today was pioneered by her and she was finally given some the recognition she deserved in the latter years of her life. Point is, the Naval command of that era was in great part the cause of the Navy's problems.

[@jefflucas_life]

ATC this was great footage!

[@Garhunt05]

"Our anti submarine warfare was not enough" 70% of German u-boats were sunk it was literally the worst position to be in during ww2.

[@indridcold8433]

It was not a glamorous job to be a sub mariner. One toilet, no shower save a salt water rinse, sweaty, stinky men in a nonventilated tube, diesel fumes, ozone from batteries, kitchen smells, toilet smells, no laundry, save the saltwater rinse again, garbage smell. The smell coming out of the u-boats must have been vomit inducing when a U-boat came to shore. The cleaning of the ship must have been quite an unpleasant experience. The filthy submariners inside grew ammune to the stench but those attending to the U-boat sure did not.

[@DirtyMike124x]

Indrid Cold imaging the situation is horrifying. Those were tough, committed dudes. I'd be interested in reading historical accounts that may have survived from journals / reports from men involved with the U Boats and other early model submarines. I imagine modern day submarines must be a little comfier? Lol

[@Mr.XJ.96]

But they are not talking about WW2.......

[@4stringmanagmaildcom]

@@indridcold8433 My dad served on US subs during WWII. So did two of his brothers. All survived although the oldest, who saw significant combat broke his hip when thrown against some machinery in a depth charge attack. After he recovered he was not allowed on subs and spent the rest of the war on surface ships. Regarding hygiene, the sailors were keen on it. If a fellow didn't take care of personal hygiene he could get a forced scrubbing by a few crew mates with scrub brushes. Don't know if that ever really happened or just the threat of it was put in their heads during training. Maybe the U boats were different. There were many challenges for the guys in the silent service. My dad died in 2000. Fortunately my dad did talk about it some and would answer questions.

[@kevinpittman2517]

@Miss Understanding people are idiots when it comes to war... they speak not knowing how vas it really was back then

[@drummerdoingstuff5020]

The amount of pressure on that bomb and then it blows up is very interesting to think about.

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

Irradiating half the ocean to get a single submarine sounds like a fair exchange.

[@ashtonlipscomb1295]

AT 8:52 WEIRD STUFF HAPPENS ABOVE THE BLAST SITE SEE THE STRANGE ASCENDING CONE-SHAPE THING

[@JG_UK]

It’s the intense heat rising up that creates a cone. Incredible considering the detonation was several hundred feet below the surface. The heat was so intense it created a blast wave above the surface which you can hear. Similar to how lighting can heat the air that quickly it creates a sound wave.

[@bobhealy3519]

Great post. I forgot that one. Wish there was more close up video.

[@bearchow1929]

The last ever deepest detonation was cancelled. Some anonymous lower ranking person approached one of the top scientists on board the ship the day the detonation was to occur and met privately. Supposedly this low level person asked the scientist if they have considered that at the moment of detonation, with water not being compressible, that for a fraction of time this detonation will disassociate the hydrogen and oxygen of the water in an extremely tiny space that cannot expand. And the extreme temperature and pressure of the detonation could begin a fusion process that could conceivably feed off the oceans of the entire earth. The test was cancelled and no more were done.

[@williamlaudeman7157]

That isn't how fusion works.

[@jimbotron70]

The reaction wouldn't be self-sustaining.

[@Able-Ponce]

And the world wonders why the oceans are dying!

[@ivgotballsofsteel4048]

get out of the city...

[@NanoBurger]

Ocean acidification and general heating of the oceans are doing much more damage by several orders of magnitude.

[@choppertimberland139]

Fuck the oceans

[@robertreynolds9228]

No they are not.

[@lm1584]

this has sweet fuck all to do with it - 75% of the earth is covered in water and it is going through changes with or without humans - right now the biggest issue is the amount of micro plastic floating around.

[@Shanesworkshop]

man can you just imagine the size of the cavitation bubble that must have created, I wish they had the ability to photograph that

[@Platos-Den]

This would be a great S.O.S. signal!! People would see it for 100s of miles.

[@htos1av]

I try to stay emotionally detached through this episode. Lol! I think there was only a few seconds here of what was in Trinity. I hadn't seen most of this footage. Thanks!

[@MrTangent]

I served on the mighty Squaw 12. No finer ship than she ever lurked beneath the deep, and with no greater sailors than those I sailed with. May she she rest in peace, for she died a valiant death.

[@hotdog9262]

back when the US were obsessed with rocknroll, commies, cowboys and indians

[@DJ-xo4jg]

And this was just 30 kilotons. Imagine what something like 30 megatons would be like...

[@powerdriller4124]

A tsunami for sure.

[@Canada_Dominium]

Why would there be 30 megaton weapons?

[@dhuramc-qo9nz]

I can only imagine. Castle Bravo was 15 megatons, and that caused major damage.

[@nunyabusiness8538]

the shockwave through the water is propagating at over 3000 mph. where as in air it’s be only like 760 mph

[@Theplaymaker1271]

I love how back then the military was just fucking around with nukes. They didn't give a shit... "Hey let's park our ships a couple miles from the explosion and watch it unshielded" "bet"

[@Navyguy1990]

Using a nuke to kill a sub is like using a “Big Bertha” cannon to kill a fly! A bit of an overkill, ya think! 🙄

[@Stacie45]

Tactically the reason using a nuke to kill a sub is not a good option is because the detonation creates so much noise it is just about impossible to confirm whether or not it was a kill. The blast echoes off the terrain features of the ocean bottom for a long time, rendering passive sonar essentially useless. If the enemy sub survives the blast it can slip away undetected.

[@BasicMonster]

Stacie45 I think they don't need any of that data to confirm a kill when nuking a sub 😂

[@technologic21]

Could also be deployed against fleets.

[@Truth_Hurts528]

Personally if there is something out there trying to kill me I don’t consider anything that can it out as overkill

[@bennylofgren3208]

Truth_hurts Not even if it takes you out too in the process...?

[@ΠαναγιώτηςΔημητρακοπουλος-ε9ζ]

Scientists:So how many soviet subs do you want to destroy in one go US Navy: Yes

[@TheDankee75]

is this the one where there is a camera inside the one of the squaws, and shows it been crushed and filling with water?

[@damanyocum149]

Unfortunately not on this one

[@jeanbrodeur9667]

What the hell is a squaws?

[@jeanbrodeur9667]

Sorry, got my answer later.

[@alexandercarder2281]

Squaws, squaw no good, squaw sit down, squaw stand up 🤣🤣🤣 isn’t that from Peter Pan? I guess it means either woman or servant?

[@jeanbrodeur9667]

I am surprised they didn't find that damn squaw in Japan.

[@weirdowilab1726]

People. They have time and money doing this but none for making peace and feeding the poor.

[@dr.kennethnoisewater26]

If dolphins were really that smart they would have retaliated

[@keyakku935]

lol, like we declared war and the dolphins took the initiative to attack first

[@stevetreloar6602]

How exactly? "Cute you to death"?

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

Maybe they did.

[@jessicaraye1119]

@@stevetreloar6602 idk they murder sharks

[@stevetreloar6602]

@@jessicaraye1119 I've seen video of one hammering a shark in the gills repeatedly. They just appear cute and smiley.

[@blueindigo1000]

I keep wondering how this affected the sea life, both at the time of the test and now. It must have been awful.

[@vonclod123]

For sure, and sound travels real easy underwater

[@paulsawczyc5019]

Shows you how these dangerous mental cases don't give a shit.

[@lewisdoherty7621]

I suspect the hearing of many sea mammals was adversely effected.

[@ashdoglsu]

I think the oceans and mother nature are so tuff that they absorbed the effects over time.

[@willk4862]

Obviously thousands of sea life died as a result of the initial explosion, shock wave, and radiation poisoning soon after. However, as life around Chernobyl has demonstrated, life in the ocean likely mutated and adapted to high levels of radiation that would be lethal to humans. I believe whale sharks today show signs of radiation leftover from the Nuclear Arms Race.

[@dirttdude]

my old dad was there for this, he was being punished and had to do some cleaning with a tooth brush below deck while all his buddies got to watch the explosion.... every man on that ship has been dead for many years except my dad

[@plastelina_ytb]

"We had an urrgent neeed to know just how effectively an UNderwater a-bomb could kill an enemy submariiine at seaa.." 😐

[@spaceygnat19908]

Well do you know the answer?

[@SocialistDistancing]

What I don't understand is why people dislike this video. It's history. You may dislike the message or the content, but it changes nothing in history. This is our history and where we came from. Some things that we enjoy today and have bettered civilization have come from such tests and scientific research. To dislike it seems .......well......silly. The dislike becomes a condemnation of the life you're living. You'd have to give up things, like the very operating device that you watched this video on. The internet, designed by and for the military which we enjoy today. We take far too many things for granted as if they were invented just for us and that they didn't come with a price that wasn't money. With advancement comes some sacrifices. How else will we learn?

[@superman04p]

Sir!! Can I have ANOTHER ??? ......says no one!

[@c.c.fielder5432]

Interesting.... google Operation Dominic, 1962, Johnson Island. 800 miles south west of Hawaii. Our squadron participated in 37 atmospheric detonations. Lots of pictures that’s not like anything you’ve seen. Also.... google Atomic Veterans, it’s a real thing. Take care all.

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

I had an opportunity to serve on Johnson Island in the late 1990s. I declined.

[@ElBantosClips]

Love how they try to play it off like nuclear testing is a good thing... Nice one

[@FBI-ej8zr]

well its a good thing. when its done with EVERYTHING taken into consideration.

[@dieselrotor]

The moral high ground of so many kills Me. if it wasn't for all the "Questionable" stuff done so long ago, We wouldn't have any of the tech so many happily use today. But Apple slave labor is okay cause Muh Cell Phone !!

[@dieselrotor]

@@Alongfortheride693 Be drafted in conventional endless bloody war after war after bloody war and be speaking German or now possibly Mandarin.

[@whizwerx]

No fish were harmed in the making of this video.

[@Utubesux]

Simply mind blowing that most of these mission details and costs of this plainly Ignorant project continue to show their ugly crimes and truths...I will forever remember the unfortunate souls that have lost their lives and freedoms for AmeriCo...🍻

[@wowowo]

10:18,They killed a giant,you can see his skull floating...Nah~

[@felipedimas3551]

XDDD

[@AZAce1064]

I saw that, reminded me ad a day of the dead mask. I thought I was the only one who noticed it.

[@richardpoynton4026]

At 10:20. Am I the only one who sees a hallowe’en skull floating on its side? (Second floating object from the bottom of the screen)

[@BrutallyAwakened]

I definitely saw that ☠️ A sign of the times perhaps, then and now. Ominous. But we're the ones who decided to tamper with molecular structures

[@6uiti]

saw to

[@jeffs1271]

"Coin-operated self-destruct. Not one of my better ideas..." - Plankton

[@alexanderrosenberg6462]

I love your channel!

[@Kevin-sy8uf]

this is so dope! thank you for posting

[@kloc072386]

Dynamite fishing on steroids

[@ribbs67]

The fact that they were testing this to drop on one Submarine, leads me to believe that someone forgot to carry the 1 on some of their calculations...

[@viciousKev]

How else would they know that submarines could be destroyed by an atomic bomb? Common sense?

[@johnhulsker9123]

Bravo!

[@ribbs67]

@@viciousKev this test took place on 55.. Did you forget we dropped 2 atomic bombs already? Im pretty sure they knew what atomic capabilities were by then. They probably could have dropped it within a 500 mile radius and still killed anything in that radius.. 😂 Come on man..

[@brynlpz83]

RIP to what ever sea life was there lol

[@choppertimberland139]

Fuck em

[@choppertimberland139]

At least they got off this shit rock

[@robertreynolds9228]

SERIOUSLY did you happen to know any of them personally? Maybe fund a scholarship for a few clown fish?

[@choppertimberland139]

@@robertreynolds9228 it's called harbored instead of harvard

[@andyman8630]

@@choppertimberland139 you're one sick puppy

[@ianboard3555]

"No fish were harmed in the production of this video"

[@micmul23]

At least no fish complained.

[@winningjubbly9712]

Just think of the fish. So many. So very many lives lost...

[@drophammer776]

Fish were relocated for the making of this video.

[@iandetroitdieselpower3498]

I like how you can hear 2 stroke Detroit’s in the boats🇦🇺

[@indridcold8433]

It was great! American machines with American engines and engineering. Today, it would be an American ship, made with Chinese and Japanese electronics with software designed from the United States but coded into the devices by workers in India, the ships will have radio equipment designed in Japan, made in China, and with final assembly in Mexico. Strangely, not many see anything wrong with this.

[@ozwhistles]

Madness is always cloaked by calm certainty.

[@ozwhistles]

@BenjaminTheRogue I was thinking of the other end of the spectrum ;)

[@L88T88]

I Love this channel !!

[@ztoxtube]

The sounds after the shock... sheet metal twisting, bolts and rivets shearing on your own boat. That's gotta make you a bit nervous.

[@bryanhead2670]

The atomic device was successfully contained by the mighty ocean,,, love these old test movies!!!! Being sarcasic i know its radoation traced around planet!!

[@jonniiinferno9098]

playing with a type of fire they did not fully understand - but they should have had procured plenty enough evidence from Hiroshima and Nagasaki - to tell them that maybe this wasn't the really best idea... SMH...

[@indridcold8433]

The radioactive cesium, unfortunately, drifted the currents all over the planet. There was a, documentary on the cesium drift.

[@agrobots]

Indrid Cold nah because those robot boats followed the radiation around the planet to make sure nothing got infected. And don’t forget about those three helicopters that were tracking the air. That must have been the most boring mission for those pilots, though.. just flying around the ocean for decades, tracking a current of ocean radiation

[@TheGroovyJones]

They use that radiation to detect fake art now.

[@zombiehunter5923]

Its really sad of how many sea life was destroyed How could they do that much of destruction on the sea life Hopefully carma wont come bite us In eating seafood Or damage sealife

[@chrisalavi6083]

Bruhhhh

[@bernard6413]

I wonder what would happen if i made a boat just to blow it up and then called it squaw today!?

[@stevetreloar6602]

Karen would have something to say.

[@PatrickKQ4HBD]

@@stevetreloar6602 what if we named the boat Karen?

[@FBI-ej8zr]

WW3

[@samkate500]

Wow. And around here you can be arrested for fishing with dynamite caps.

[@l8tbraker]

More fun facts for the comment readers: The US Navy's ASROC or "Anti-Submarine ROCket" was a stand-off anti-submarine ballistic missile. With a range of 6 mi (9.7 km), it was developed by the United States Navy in the 1950s, it was deployed in the 1960s . As another pointed out, the W44 nuclear depth charge entered service in 1961, but was never used beyond one or two tests before the Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty banning underwater nuclear tests went into effect. A total of 575 weapons were produced. Following payload separation, the unguided W44 sank quickly to a predetermined depth where the 10-kiloton warhead detonated. The nuclear-armed ASROC was never used in combat. W44-armed ASROC missiles were retired by 1989, when all types of nuclear depth bombs were removed from deployment.

[@R.U.1.2.]

No ecological or radiation damage there.

[@tweakerkid]

Frankly they wouldn't care, damage or not, still the same to this day.

[@luckyseven6402]

What's crazy is we wouldn't even know about under water nukes if it wasn't for these videos

[@ImpendingJoker]

@@luckyseven6402 Then you are clearly an uneducated individual with no self determination to study anything that isn't on social media. Truly pathetic.

[@eddernielermallo99]

how sure are ha! how many nuke test they did in the pacific, no ecological and rediation damage you said, then do it in your own water, stupid

[@R.U.1.2.]

@@eddernielermallo99 It's called sarcasm, Eddernie, the meaning is opposite to what it says. OF COURSE, there were HUGE ecological consequences, ones we are still forced to deal with to this day. This obviously is apparent to you, and, are aware of it. Good observation.

[@williamkillingsworth2619]

3:30 its just one bomb... lol its cool And I love the humanity part at the end.

[@drscott1]

Love the concluding sentence ‘‘perhaps the atomic age can bring a lasting freedom ... for all humanity’. 😂

[@drscott1]

Miss Understanding Sounds like you are talking about atoms for peace, the 20th century push to bring nuclear power to the world. We have had at least 7 nuclear power disasters I could only imagine how many more there would be if every 3rd world country had there own reactors. I hear there is cheap land in Fukushima.

[@FBI-ej8zr]

@Miss Understanding more like if stupid people didnt design and work at reactors.

[@WyattCayer]

@@drscott1 those are horrible points...

[@drscott1]

PSYKEY that’s my point!

[@gotanon8958]

Except that its effects is rather small compared to the shit we have today coal fired power plants killed more people than said nuclear disasters combined nor the amount of hazardous material that polluted many rivers or the million tons of trash in the ocean.

[@buckhorncortez]

I want an "Operation WigWam" logo T-shirt...

[@charlieperry26]

Watching this made me shudder and think the human animal is truly a stupid and dangerous species.

[@bigcarlinblick904]

Feel bad for any dolphins or whale's within the vicinity

[@trevorperry3081]

Or a few hundred miles away for that matter. Had to deafen everything underwater for a damn long ways.

[@mattwyrick8394]

@@trevorperry3081 The way sound propagates under water I imagine wales and dolphins heard it thousands of miles away. Krakatoa exploded with enough force to be heard thousands of miles in the air. Imagine how the sound of a nuke would travel underwater.

[@sayhellotomylittlefriend5191]

thats what my farts look like in the bath lol

[@rotationtheory33]

They were really trying to kill megalodon

[@rsstnnr76]

I'm a simple man. I see "nuclear explosion" in the title and I click.

[@killar56137]

What is causing the condensation of the air high above the water 4 seconds after the bomb goes off?