@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 days agoWarms one's heart, doesn't it?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down11
arrow-up1219arrow-down1imageWarms one's heart, doesn't it?sh.itjust.works@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•7 days agoThis is “the gadget,” an implosion type nuclear bomb detonated in the trinity test, the first nuclear bomb test on earth (that we know of, heh). It’s shown partially assembled inside the 100-foot test tower where it would eventually be detonated.
minus-squareTar_AlcaranlinkfedilinkEnglish6•6 days agoAnd watched literally by the only single guy in the group, who had to by right next to it because something might go wrong overnight.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-27 days agoOh awesome thanks for the info :D I’ll have to read the Wikipedia page on it. Thing looks wicked.
This is “the gadget,” an implosion type nuclear bomb detonated in the trinity test, the first nuclear bomb test on earth (that we know of, heh).
It’s shown partially assembled inside the 100-foot test tower where it would eventually be detonated.
And watched literally by the only single guy in the group, who had to by right next to it because something might go wrong overnight.
Oh awesome thanks for the info :D I’ll have to read the Wikipedia page on it. Thing looks wicked.