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Friday, September 20, 2013

ha ha: Have a laff about some loose nukes

Speakin' as someone who was actually around back in 1961, I'm feeling "a little" more grateful (now) that a (large) number of us got to see 1962, and beyond:

....Especially if you were alive then, if this story doesn't do some hair-raising for you, nothing much will:
Off-site link, new window opens, no affiliation: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/20/north-carolina-atomic-bomb/2845381/?


 ...."Ooooops":


(Image: "Nuclear weapon test Romeo (yield 11 Mt) on Bikini Atoll. 27 March 1954. Author: U.S. Dept. of Energy. "This image is a work of a United States Department of Energy (or predecessor organization) employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain."")


P.S. May not want to read even more here (off-site link, new window) , prior to trying to sleep well....EVER!
Posted by noname at 9:37 PM
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