Watch: The Brave Six Who Stood Beneath An Exploding Nuclear Bomb
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To assess the impact of nuclear weapons on humans, the US undertook an exceptionally audacious experiment.
The world has made a lot of progress in developing nuclear power in the past few decades. It all started with the Second World War, and since then, the world has crossed many milestones, making nuclear weapons more potent.
When nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world witnessed the commencement of the atomic age. Subsequently, extensive research and development efforts have been dedicated to advancing these formidable capabilities. To assess the impact of nuclear weapons on humans, the US undertook an exceptionally audacious experiment.
According to NPR, on July 19, 1957, five Air Force officers and one photographer stood together on a patch of ground about 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. They'd marked the spot "Ground Zero, Population 5" on a hand-lettered sign hammered into the soft ground right next to them. In a video from that time, two F-89 jets roar into view, and one of them shoots off a nuclear missile carrying an atomic warhead.
