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February 1, 2015 | Categories: History, History of Science and Technology, Human History, Images of History, Modern Warfare, Nuclear Technology, Photography, Pursuit of Happiness, The Drama Of It All, Weird | Tags: 1957, AMERICA, black and white photography, Death, Frenchman Flat, historic, Historical, History, human history, Nuclear, Nuclear age, Nuclear bomb, Nuclear bomb testing, nuclear explosion, Nuclear Technology, nuclear test, Nuclear testing, Nuclear Testing Photographs, nuclear weapons test, Photo, Photography, Priscilla nuclear test, Society, USA, Weird, World History | Leave a comment

Oppenheimer and General Leslie Groves inspect the melted remnants of the 100-foot steel tower that held the Trinity bomb. Ensuring that the testing of a bomb with unknown strength would remain completely secret, the government chose a location that was so remote they had to import their water from over 150 miles away.
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October 18, 2014 | Categories: American History, History, History of Science and Technology, Human History, Images of History, Nightmares of World War II, Photography, The Drama Of It All, The Politics of Cultural Destruction, U.S. Diplomacy, U.S. Politics, Weird, World War Two | Tags: AMERICA, black and white photography, General Leslie Groves, Government, historic, Historical, History, human history, Military, Military history, Nuclear, Nuclear age, Nuclear bomb, Nuclear bomb testing, nuclear explosion, Nuclear Technology, Oppenheimer, Photo, Photography, Politics, Power, Society, the world's first nuclear explosion, USA, War, Warfare, Weird, World History, World War two, WW2, wwii | Leave a comment

They actually gave the Soviets the proximity fuse (which is a huge leap in anti air). Through Venona we were reading their codes and knew of them. Their handler has since written a book on it confirming they were spies. The atomic component they gave the Soviets was rather minor but still, used to make the atomic bomb. After Venona was declassified it is difficult to say they were innocent because, well, you can read the messages from their handler with their confirmed code names.
* The trial judge agreed on the death penalty before the trial began. An eternal blot on American justice.
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June 19, 2014 | Categories: American History, Cold War, Cold War Era U.S.-Soviet Relations, History, Human History, Images of History, Modern Warfare, Nuclear Technology, Photography, Pursuit of Happiness, The Drama Of It All, The Politics of Cultural Destruction | Tags: A bomb, AMERICA, Atomic Bomb, bomb, Cold War, Cold War Spies, Espionage, Ethel Rosenberg, executed, executed for espionage, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Julius Rosenberg, Nuclear, Nuclear bomb, Nuclear Technology, proximity fuse, Russia, Soviet, Soviet Spies, Soviet Union, Spies, Trial, USA, USSR, Venona project, Venonaproject | Leave a comment