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First British Hydrogen Bomb

"Britain became the third nuclear power when it successfully detonated an atomic device in October 1952." This video contains some eyewitness accounts and impressive visuals of the destructive power of the H-Bomb.

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bm28651 : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

bm28651

56 votes NegativePositive

63 days 20 hours ago...

That is the most beautiful thing you will see before you get vaporized.

Uzo : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Uzo

31 votes NegativePositive

63 days 19 hours ago...

And Fallout 3 has only a month or so to go. Just think, if the nuke shit had hit the proverbial nuke fan back in the Cold War, we`d all be living in Shady Sands or New Reno, fighting of Radscorpions, and looking desperately for some easy way of dealing with Deathclaws.

On second thoughts, we`d probably all be dead. But I for one am proud that it was my species (albeit a particularly suicidal breed thereof) that "harnessed" the atom (that is, "unleashed" the atom).

zaiyar : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

zaiyar

14 votes NegativePositive

63 days 18 hours ago...

^ I`m proud we became the most dominant species on the planet, this is just overkill on steroids.

Alpha Raptor : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

Alpha Raptor

11 votes NegativePositive

63 days 16 hours ago...

BOOOOOOOOOOM, pardon me

elpapisimo : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

elpapisimo

6 votes NegativePositive

63 days 14 hours ago...

holy crap that was awesome

BornSlippy : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

BornSlippy

26 votes NegativePositive

63 days 12 hours ago...

Gosh that was loud!

evergrim : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:2007 Winner

evergrim

18 votes NegativePositive

63 days 7 hours ago...

"I think we had to turn our collars up."

Loled!

thehumungus : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

thehumungus

-4 votes NegativePositive

63 days 7 hours ago...

No wonder why there`s holes in the ozone. "Greatest Generation" my ass.

alifeva1 : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

alifeva1

8 votes NegativePositive

63 days 7 hours ago...

The car at 6:20, WOW. me likey

nmosfet : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

nmosfet

4 votes NegativePositive

63 days 7 hours ago...

I believe this is in 1957, not 1952. Britain first detonated a nuclear (fission) device in 1952.

scorpion002 : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

scorpion002

-5 votes NegativePositive

63 days 5 hours ago...

I thought the H-Bomb was never detonated!!
since it is 100 times stronger than a nuclear bomb

Omeko : LVL 39: VP 4.7: said:

Omeko

5 votes NegativePositive

63 days 4 hours ago...

Duck and Cover...!

mph_ragnarok : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

mph_ragnarok

2 votes NegativePositive

63 days 4 hours ago...

^ its hard to tell how big an explosion is when you see it on film like that. That was actually a small Hbomb, only 1.8 megatons.

Bummer : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Bummer

-1 votes NegativePositive

63 days 4 hours ago...

"BOOOOOOOOOOM, pardon me "
How polite!

Logan xxxx : LVL 14: VP 2.3: said:

Logan xxxx

2 votes NegativePositive

63 days 3 hours ago...

The American H-bomb test is a little better, because it gives you a good frame of reference for the power of the blast. The island in the pacific where they tested the bomb... no longer exists.

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