Today in the 20th Century: The First U.S. Hydrogen Thermonuclear Bomb Airdrop - May 20 1956

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Operation Redwing was a series of nuclear test detonations conducted at the Bikini and Enewetak atolls by the United States in 1956. One of the detonations was the first ever U.S. hydrogen bomb airdrop during the "Cherokee" test. Watch footage of the Operation Redwing tests (the second explosion is the Cherokee test) and the devastating power of nuclear energy.

video source: Nuclear Test Film - Operation Redwing by the Department of Energy

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