Operation Crossroads would represent the first nuclear test since Robert Oppenheimer ... More significantly, perhaps, the explosion expelled gallons and gallons of radioactive water onto the ...

In 1946, on a remote Pacific Island, the military began a program known as ‘Operation Crossroads.’ Its aim was to capture, on film, the actual moment of an atomic bomb detonation A Final ...

The film documents the Operation ... nuclear explosions on naval vessels, highlighting the importance of these tests for future military ship design and national security. Keywords Operation ...

The "Baker" explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, a U.S. military nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in Micronesia on July 25, 1946. Nuclear tests, once conducted on dedicated sites, have left indelible ...