Det danske Fredsakademi
Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 25. Juli 1946 / Time Line July 25, 1946
Version 3.007/25/1946
Operation Crossroads
II: Det fjerde amerikanske
atomvåbenforsøg
USA sprænger
endnu en atomtbombe
ved Bikini i Stillehavet. Denne gang
under havoverfladen.
/ The first underwater atomic device was detonated at Bikini Atoll,
part of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. It was the
second of two bombs, Able and Baker, that comprised Operation
Crossroads; each weapon had a yield equivalent to 23,000 pounds of
TNT. The U.S. Navy conducted the tests to determine the effect of
such weapons on ships at sea. More than 130 newspaper, magazine and
radio correspondents from seven nations were present for the
tests.
/ Américains essais d'armes nucléaires dans le
Pacifique
/ Estados Unidos las pruebas de armas nucleares en el
Pacífico.
/ US Atomwaffentests in Pazifik.
Kilde:
U.S. Nuclear Testing Program in the Marshall
Islands.
- http://www.nuclearclaimstribunal.com/testing.htm
United
States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992.
U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office, DOE/NV--209-REV
15, December 2000.
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