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Hyrdogen bomb was exploded in space

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A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space 1962 | Before It’s News

Before It’s News, 3 July 2010, Since we’re coming up on the Fourth of July, and towns everywhere are preparing their better-than-ever fireworks spectaculars, we would like to offer this humbling bit of history. Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will. Here it is:

A Very Scary Light Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space 1962 | Before It’s News

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A Very Scary Fireworks Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space : NPR

NPR, by Robert Krulwich, 1 July 2010, Since we’re coming up on the Fourth of July, and towns everywhere are preparing their better-than-ever fireworks spectaculars, we would like to offer this humbling bit of history. Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will. Here it is:

A Very Scary Fireworks Show: Exploding H-Bombs In Space : NPR

July 6, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | USA, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear weapons