On May 14, 1955, the US Navy carried out Operation Wigwam to test the effects of deep-water nuclear detonations against submarines. A 32 kiloton device was suspended about 2,000 feet below the surface ...
Nuclear weapons tests are among the most violent events humans can trigger, and that violence leaves fingerprints in the Earth, sea, air, and even in orbit. The physics of shock waves, sound, and ...