Underwater nuclear blast 1946 21 kilotons

On 25 July 1946, the task force conducted their first underwater nuclear explosion: Test Baker. This bomb detonated 90 feet beneath the surface of the water. This underwater explosion threw tons of radioactive water onto to the decks of the target fleet. Eight of the ships in the target fleet were reported sunk, including the aircraft carrier Saratoga (CV-3)The Navy towed eight ships and two submarines to Hawaii for further radiological inspection. Twelve ships were determined to be safe and crewed for their return voyage to the United States. The surviving contaminated ships were towed to nearby Kwajalein Atoll for possible decontamination or scuttled in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll. Altogether, the blasts from Test Able and Baker sank 14 ships, not including those later sunk or scuttled due to their radioactivity.

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0:06 Perfect!

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[@Dylanowich]

L pfp From Poland

[@sid2112]

She's got a kick!

[@LuciusVulpes]

Crossroads Baker, my beloved.

[@cariyaputta]

This is why aliens love to visit nuclear sites.

[@SURPRISEBUTTSECKS666]

UACs think it is unnecessary for us to have weapons of this magnitude and strength. They perceive it as a threat as well, supposedly it messes with their communications, because of the electromagnetic pulses that are discharged.

[@deshawnbrown2311]

More important, are these the same guys that you the originated HOT TOPIC logi????

[@generalfishcake]

I'm amazed 21 kilotons looks this powerful underwater. I imagined a much higher yield

[@captaincapitalism264]

Same here.

[@StrongBoi765]

Imagine a bomb that's 2383 times bigger. And the fun part is that you don't even have to imagine it!! It's already been made and tested 🥲

[@inappropriatejohnson]

That is one nasty mushroom cloud. Sodium isotopes are some of the worst.

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

Yeah, the fallout there was horrible. I feel really bad for the poor little piggys and goats that were strapped to the battleships.

[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

As a result of this test, the Navy developed the NBC spraydown system that is on all aircraft carriers and most warships now. If you look at the deck of an aircraft carrier there are all the small flat circular things. They're all little nozzles to spray water and clean the deck.

[@Nguaraguaro92]

Hello, can you know exactly the height of those waves?

[@LordFred69]

never gets old to watch

[@user-vo1rt8hf6y]

Sure those onlookers at the stern of the ship never did

[@Sharkey70]

Wow.

[@willharmatuk4723]

Watching this is slow motion, and frame by frame… Wow! So how fast does that shockwave travel underwater? It looks fast as hell. Is it the speed of sound underwater, which is 3348 mph? Versus 760 mph in air? Looks about right.

[@kaleoleo1999]

Wow😮

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That's a big boy.

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[@RobertCraft-re5sf]

From this distance, it's very hard to see, but I'm sure it was raining radiocative water on most of those warships. The ones further away I'm sure people would survive the initial blast, but it must be terrifying.... The footage of all that must exist. it's really crappy they don't declassify it all. I'm sure they had cameras on those ships.

[@captaincapitalism264]

Yeah, just that WALL of water coming at you, with no escape, and knowing it's all radioactive too...yeesh.

[@eddy_malouempereur_du_cong6536]

A normal day at Bikini Buttom

[@GraemeWight-wx3xz]

Behold the awsome power

[@sincerewyd2285]

I've always wondered if they're soldiers and crews on the ships in this clip. 🤔

[@aceedcath]

МОЯ ПЫПЫСКА ЭТО ТЕРМОЯДЕРНАЯ БОМБА БАБАХ БАБАХ БАБАХ

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アメージング。

[@htos1av]

That coagulated brown goo looks nasty....

[@captaincapitalism264]

Dirt.

[@ivematheus7207]

What about the wildlife in the ocean

[@hugskisses1601]

Devastating! Poor sea creatures! Think of the damage to those that have ultrasonic hearing for hundreds of miles! Brutal and selfish is what govt are all about! God bless us all!!!😁

[@plark7323]

Is that bikini bottom 🧽 🦀🦑🐚

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

Most ships being sunk by being drenched with water

[@ShiryouOni]

How sad.

[@maladyofdeath]

Poor animals

[@iOANHRISTOSSTEF]

Less Radioactive! Would Be Funny To See A Nuke With A Long Thick Fuse, Not The Remote Or Timer Activated One!

[@iOANHRISTOSSTEF]

Sorry For The Fish and Wildlife, Especially Mamals(Orcas, Wales, Dolphins, Sea Lions...)

[@dannyverhamme7970]

It's insane, we will be punished for this wrongdoing...

[@doc3087]

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[@sid2112]

No such place. Which is why you dummies want to free it. None of you see reality.

[@rednose1966]

They would with their God with one of those bad boys.

[@sid2112]

LOL YT deleted my comment, but the answer stands. It really doesn't matter if you like it or not, YT. Facts don't change because you told the algo.

[@doc3087]

@@sid2112You're talking to a computer, schizo.

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