Underground Nuclear Testing Teapot : Ess

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This LASL test was the sixth to use the Ranger Able U-235 core, this time in a Mk-6 HE assembly. Ess ("Effects Sub-Surface") was a test of atomic demolition munition (ADM) cratering. The 8000 lb bomb was placed in a shaft lined with corrugated steel,10 feet wide and 70 feet deep (so that the bomb center was at -67 feet), which was back-filled with sandbags and dirt prior to firing. The crater was 300 feet wide and 128 feet deep.

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  • cool

    cool

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  • Nuclear bomb

    I am white,I live in Canada,I have no sympathy for terrorists or countries that have different government systems but I cannot understand why this mo... fu.......can have nukes and Iran for instant cannot.The World should get together and embargo this as...ls

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    • American Nukes...

      Yes, it is funny how the US tries to stop other countries from having the nuclear bomb. Their logic is to stop others, so that no one would use it. Strange to think that the US have been the only country to use a nuke on people... and twice! Maybe the only country that have used them should not have them! If you can't play nice the toys gets taken away!

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