. Bombs at Bikini; the official report of Operation Crossroads. Atomic bomb. Foreword Operation Crossroads was directed by the United States for purposes of national defense; but its lesson has world-wide significance. The atomic bomb is defi- nitely not ^'just another weapon"; its destructive power dwarfs all previous weapons. Observers at Bikini saw the bomb sink great steel warships and, with its penetrating nuclear radiations, reach into ships' interiors to kill test animals. The explosions in air and underwater were very different spectacles, but their end results mean the same: deat
. Bombs at Bikini; the official report of Operation Crossroads. Atomic bomb. Foreword Operation Crossroads was directed by the United States for purposes of national defense; but its lesson has world-wide significance. The atomic bomb is defi- nitely not ^'just another weapon"; its destructive power dwarfs all previous weapons. Observers at Bikini saw the bomb sink great steel warships and, with its penetrating nuclear radiations, reach into ships' interiors to kill test animals. The explosions in air and underwater were very different spectacles, but their end results mean the same: death and destruction on an enormous scale. Only after the military implications of atomic en- ergy have been grasped by the people of the world will the way be clear for working out effective international control. Throughout its ten-month tenure. Joint Task Force One attempted to give the world an intimate knowledge of the purposes, execution, and consequences of the Tests. The present volume not only summarizes much of the information already given out, but pre- sents much material not previously disclosed. This volume, together with the recently published Pictorial Record, forms the final, and perhaps the most informa- tive release on the Vice Admiral W. H. P. Blandy, , Commander, Joint Task Force Ofie IX. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Joint Task Force One; Shurcliff, William A. New York, W. H. Wise
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