In July of 1946, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll. In the coming years, the island was used for another twenty additional bomb tests.
Bikini atoll
The Bikini Atoll is an atoll in the Marshall Islands and was the site of many American nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s.
Testing the Hydrogen bomb
Bikini atoll - Operation Crossroads, 2 shots.
There were 23 total nuclear weapons tested at Bikini Atoll between the years of 1946 and 1958. These nuclear weapons caused a great amount of radiation to be leaked into the surrounding areas.
Bikini atoll
bikini atoll
The Bikini atoll was used for nuclear weapons testing.
It is a French word apparently after Bikini atoll
The Bikini Atoll is an atoll in the Marshall Islands and was the site of many American nuclear tests in the 1940s and 1950s.
Testing the Hydrogen bomb
The airport code for Bikini Atoll Airport is BII.
Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll were used for nuclear testing because they were remote and isolated from populated areas, they are part of the Marshall Islands which the US gained control of after WW2, their population was small and easy to relocate, etc.
bikini atoll
No, it was named after Bikini Atoll.
Between 1946 and 1958, Bikini Atoll was used to test nuclear bombs and the bikini swim wear was named after the islands.
Bikini and Eniwetok atolls are US protectorates in the Marshal Islands of the pacific. They are considered legally US property.