Have you heard about the bomb testing of Bikini Atoll? If not here is some understanding. At the beginning of the cold war the US tested bombs on a site called Bikini Atoll in the Marshall islands. Including the world's first Hydrogen bomb and many other nuclear weapons. Similarly the US navy used Kaho’olawe as a bomb testing and training site. I’ll be giving you some insight on the testing of the two and comparing them. Starting off, some background on Bikini Atoll.
Bikini Atoll or Operation Crossroads was a government testing site of 23 nuclear bombs. Including the world's first hydrogen bomb that was the equivalent to 10,000,000 tons of TNT. The men that were their conducting the experiment said the explosion was so great it blinded the them for over 15 second after the blast.(Niedenthal) You can imagine what a lasting image that had on the land. Over the 23 experiments it was equivalent to 7,000 times the blast of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Similarly here is some information on Kaho’olawe. …show more content…
As the island was under the control of the hawaiian government and uncontrolled grazing of animals was occurring the US ordered the use of the island as a bombing range. Testing surface to air missiles, training many pilots, and naval crew, we could have possibly won that war because of the island. The US navy also detonated 500 tons of TNT called Operation Sailor's Hat. Furthermore leaving a huge crater in the cracking the underwater pocket of freshwater. Moving along here is a comparison of the two
Bikini Atoll or Operation Crossroads was a government testing site of 23 nuclear bombs. Including the world's first hydrogen bomb that was the equivalent to 10,000,000 tons of TNT. The men that were their conducting the experiment said the explosion was so great it blinded the them for over 15 second after the blast.(Niedenthal) You can imagine what a lasting image that had on the land. Over the 23 experiments it was equivalent to 7,000 times the blast of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Similarly here is some information on Kaho’olawe. …show more content…
As the island was under the control of the hawaiian government and uncontrolled grazing of animals was occurring the US ordered the use of the island as a bombing range. Testing surface to air missiles, training many pilots, and naval crew, we could have possibly won that war because of the island. The US navy also detonated 500 tons of TNT called Operation Sailor's Hat. Furthermore leaving a huge crater in the cracking the underwater pocket of freshwater. Moving along here is a comparison of the two