Operation Crossroads: The U.S. Military Dropped a Nuclear Weapon on a ‘Battleship’ Fleet

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- The article discusses Operation Crossroads, a series of nuclear weapons tests conducted by the U.S. military in 1946 at the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
- The tests involved dropping nuclear bombs on a fleet of decommissioned battleships to study the effects of nuclear weapons on naval vessels and other military equipment.
- The article provides details about the planning, execution, and aftermath of these tests, which had significant implications for the development of nuclear technology and the understanding of its destructive power.

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