IPFS News Link • Day of Reckoning
Mushroom Clouds and Everpresent Danger
• www.spiegel.deBy 1963, the United States had detonated
more than 200 nuclear weapons in the atmosphere. Cameramen and
photographers working for a secret special unit recorded the acts of
destruction. Some of their sensational images have been declassified,
and the last remaining eyewitnesses are now sharing their experiences.
The atomic missile with the explosive power of 1.5 kilotons of TNT detonated precisely above the heads of the five United States Air Force scientists. At first the men felt only the heat from the explosion. But then the blast wave forced them to their knees.
George Yoshitake's camera was clicking the entire time.
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