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Atomic Archive
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In addition to extensive video and images, Sonicbomb also has a forum dedicated to the discussion of all aspects of the history, development and testing of nuclear weaponry.
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| Vasili Arkhipov - The Man Who Saved The World |
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In 1962 at the height of the Cuban missile Crisis, a Soviet Naval ofiicer prevented the launch of a nuclear armed torpedo, and therefore a possible nuclear war. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Monday, September 29 @ 05:00:51 CEST (632 reads)(Read More... | 9016 bytes more | Score: 5) |
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Most kids have hobbies, but David Hahn's was slightly more exotic - atomic chemistry. While he was working on his Atomic Energy merit badge for the Boy Scouts, he built a nuclear reactor in his garden shed...|Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Friday, September 05 @ 16:29:28 CEST (1800 reads)(Read More... | 7388 bytes more | Score: 4.37) |
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| Mars Bluff ''Broken Arrow'' |
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On the afternoon of March 11, 1958, the children of the Gregg family were in their playhouse in the woods behind their house in Mars Bluff, South Carolina. About four o’clock they tired of the playhouse and moved 200 feet to the side yard. This kept them from becoming the first Americans killed by a nuclear weapon released on U.S. territory. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Friday, August 08 @ 11:35:15 CEST (6209 reads)(Read More... | 15172 bytes more | Score: 4.52) |
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Shortly after the creation of the first atomic bombs, the US became interested in weapons with 'limited' yield that could be used tactically, rather than strategically. One of the more interesting of these developments was atomic artillery, first tested in Nevada on May 25th 1953. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Friday, July 11 @ 10:56:55 CEST (3524 reads)(Read More... | 12020 bytes more | Score: 4.11) |
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| High quality video gallery |
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High quality versions of selected sonicbomb videos are now available. Use the “HD” button from the content menu on the left. Some files are in excess of 50MB, so some buffering may be required.
High quality video gallery
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Posted by sonicbomb on Wednesday, June 18 @ 13:00:36 CEST (347 reads)(Read More... | 641 bytes more | Score: 0) |
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| Ford Nucleon - The Atomic Car |
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During the 1950s, there was almost limitless enthusiasm for all things nuclear. There was no energy problem that the mighty atom could not tackle during that glorious and modern Atomic Age. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Saturday, June 07 @ 00:09:42 CEST (3437 reads)(Read More... | 3671 bytes more | Score: 4.18) |
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Tybee Broken Arrow incident. On the 5th of February 1958 during an exercise, two U.S.A.F. planes collided resulting in the loss of a Mk-15 nuclear weapon in U.S. coastal waters off Savannah, Georgia U.S.A. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Friday, May 16 @ 15:41:46 CEST (6208 reads)(Read More... | 6641 bytes more | Score: 4.9) |
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The Nedelin disaster was a launch pad accident that occurred at Baikonur Cosmodrome during the development of the Soviet R-16 ICBM. The prototype missile exploded on the launch pad, killing over 100 military personnel, including the Strategic Rocket Forces Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin in the world's worst rocketry disaster. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Saturday, April 26 @ 19:25:17 CEST (6951 reads)(Read More... | 6706 bytes more | Score: 4.62) |
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| Project Orion - To Saturn by Atom bomb |
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During the 1950's, a project was set up to study the posibility of a spacecraft powered by nuclear weapons. Though this might seem farcical, the physics are actually sound, and small scale models using conventional explosives actually flew. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Tuesday, April 01 @ 19:38:06 CEST (5374 reads)(Read More... | 6512 bytes more | Score: 4.62) |
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During the dark days of World War II, the British government took over a small island in Scotland and tested
the world's first anthrax bomb. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Saturday, March 08 @ 10:56:08 CET (4501 reads)(Read More... | 6099 bytes more | Score: 4.69) |
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| Did nuclear fallout Kill John Wayne? |
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The tragic tale of the "The Conqueror" and the deaths of those involved in its making. The brain child of eccentric billionaire and aviator Howard Hughes, the historical epic cast John Wayne as Temujin aka Genghis Khan.|Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Saturday, February 09 @ 15:21:10 CET (4537 reads)(Read More... | 9908 bytes more | Score: 4.45) |
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Today marks the 42nd anniversary of the Palomares Incident. A mid-air collision that caused the loss of four US hydrogen bombs in one of the most high-profile accidents involving American nuclear weapons outside the U.S. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Tuesday, January 22 @ 21:39:46 CET (9025 reads)(Read More... | 7463 bytes more | Score: 4.58) |
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| Skydiving from the Edge Of Space |
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In the late 50's and early 60's Joseph Kittinger participated in a number of record breaking jumps from the
edge of space, setting records that stand to this day: the highest balloon ascent, highest parachute jump,
longest free-fall, and fastest speed by man through the atmosphere. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Wednesday, January 16 @ 00:24:00 CET (4547 reads)(Read More... | 5043 bytes more | Score: 5) |
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| Apocalypses That Might Have Been |
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Since the inception of the nuclear missile and early-warning systems, the US and Russia have each had at least two instances of faulty information leading to a near-launch of a nuclear volley. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Monday, December 10 @ 17:48:09 CET (9154 reads)(Read More... | 9390 bytes more | Score: 4.73) |
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| The Tsar Bomba - The King of Bombs |
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On October 30, 1961, the most powerful weapon ever constructed by mankind was exploded over the island of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Sea. The device was code-named "Tsar", a multi-stage hydrogen bomb built in only sixteen weeks by engineers in the USSR at the order of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Sunday, November 25 @ 10:53:15 CET (13077 reads)(Read More... | 5922 bytes more | Score: 4.81) |
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| British nukes were protected by bike locks |
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It has been discovered by the BBC that untill as recently as 1998, the RAF's nuclear bombs were armed by turning a bicycle lock key. There was no other security on the Bomb itself. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Friday, November 16 @ 10:30:27 CET (5524 reads)(Read More... | 4629 bytes more | Score: 3.83) |
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The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War One. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Sunday, November 11 @ 10:00:00 CET (2015 reads)(Read More... | 1631 bytes more | Score: 5) |
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| Hiroshima pilot dies aged 92 |
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Paul Tibbets, the commander of the B-29 that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, has died at the age of 92 after several months of failing health. Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr died at his home in Columbus, Ohio.. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Thursday, November 01 @ 18:31:59 CET (2957 reads)(Read More... | 3392 bytes more | Score: 4.90) |
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The Vulcan bomber XH558 has taken to the skies again for the first time in 14 years. She flew for the last time in 1993. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Friday, October 19 @ 00:13:51 CEST (8610 reads)(Read More... | 3075 bytes more | Score: 4.57) |
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| 60th Aniversary of the Breaking of the Sound Barrier |
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October 14th 1947, Captain Charles “Chuck” Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than sound. Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis", named after his wife. He was able to reach 670-mph or Mach 1.015 at Muroc Dry Lake, California. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Sunday, October 14 @ 17:57:18 CEST (2780 reads)(Read More... | 4339 bytes more | Score: 4.75) |
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| Windscale: The UK's biggest nuclear disaster |
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On this day in 1957, Britain was host to a nuclear reactor accident of potentially disastrous level. Due to its flawed design resulting from bureaucratic mismanagement and unrealistic demands. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Wednesday, October 10 @ 16:18:44 CEST (3031 reads)(Read More... | 6118 bytes more | Score: 5) |
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| Sputnik Launched on this day 50 Years Ago |
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50 years ago the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite. Sputnik went into orbit on Oct. 4, 1957, in the midst of the Cold War. It was a surprise to the world, a devestating shock to the Americans, and the starting gun for the space race between the superpowers. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Thursday, October 04 @ 19:37:15 CEST (1988 reads)(Read More... | 3995 bytes more | Score: 5) |
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| AP Grenade attacks increasing in Iraq |
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In addition to mines IEDs and RPGs, now Russian made armor-piercing grenades are being inceasingly used by insurgents (specifically the self-titled "Thermal Brigade"), and are causing large numbers of casualties in Iraq. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Thursday, September 27 @ 20:31:38 CEST (6910 reads)(Read More... | 2802 bytes more | Score: 4.58) |
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| Russia Tests 'World's Most Powerful Non-Nuclear Bomb' |
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The Russian military has successfully tested what it described as the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb, Russia's state television reported Tuesday, the latest show of the nation's military muscle amid chilly relations with the United States. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Wednesday, September 12 @ 15:40:30 CEST (11894 reads)(Read More... | 4179 bytes more | Score: 4.31) |
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| Musluymovo - Nuclear Village of the Damned |
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The Russian village of Musluymovoand, the most radioactively contaminated place on earth is at the centre of a battle between a green campaign group and the Kremlin who stand accused of environmental genocide. The green organisation Citizen is taking legal action against the Russian government accusing them of systematically ignoring the plight of thousands of people living near Mayak Chemical Combine. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Thursday, September 06 @ 12:00:52 CEST (4979 reads)(Read More... | 5625 bytes more | Score: 4.87) |
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There is strong evidence to suggest that Israel is considering a pre-emptive strike against Iran to halt its nuclear ambitions, with or without US backing. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Tuesday, August 21 @ 16:53:40 CEST (5342 reads)(Read More... | 4692 bytes more | Score: 4.14) |
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| The Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki - 9th August 1945 |
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Codename "Fat-Man", detonated over Nagasaki, it was the 2nd and last nuclear weapon to be used in combat. The bombing of Nagasaki on August 9th was the last major act of World War Two and within days the Japanese had surrendered. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Thursday, August 09 @ 04:02:00 CEST (7232 reads)(Read More... | 4352 bytes more | Score: 4.4) |
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| The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima - 6th August 1945 |
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Codename "Little Boy", the first atomic weapon used in war was dropped on Hiroshima from the B-29 Enola Gay, on this day August 6th 1945. This and the bombing of the city of Nagasaki three days later effectively brought an end to WW2. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Monday, August 06 @ 01:15:00 CEST (5835 reads)(Read More... | 5401 bytes more | Score: 4) |
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| £3.8bn ''Future Carrier'' order confirmed |
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Orders for two new Royal Navy aircraft carriers have been confirmed by Defence Secretary Des Browne.
The new 65,000-tonne carriers - HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales - will enter service in 2014
and 2016. |Read More|
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Posted by sonicbomb on Sunday, July 29 @ 17:10:42 CEST (6920 reads)(Read More... | 4198 bytes more | Score: 4.62) |
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Old Articles
| Wednesday, July 18 | | · | Did Nazi Germany possess the Atom Bomb? |
| Sunday, July 01 | | · | The Flying Crowbar |
| Friday, June 29 | | · | Nuclear-powered rockets could cut cost of Moon base |
| Sunday, June 17 | | · | Czech Nuclear weapon Hoax |
| Tuesday, June 12 | | · | Blue Peacock - The chicken-powered nuke |
| Saturday, June 09 | | · | New UK nuclear submarine launched |
| Wednesday, June 06 | | · | June 6th 1944 - ''The Longest Day'' |
| Saturday, June 02 | | · | Russia tests new ICBM |
| Friday, June 01 | | · | Kola – An accident waiting to happen |
| Monday, May 28 | | · | Prompt Global Strike: Non-nuclear ICBMs & hyper-velocity scamjets |
| Friday, May 11 | | · | Hafnium Bombs - The Next Superweapon |
| Thursday, March 22 | | · | India launches 1st nuclear submarine |
| Wednesday, March 14 | | · | UK to update its nuclear deterent |
| Wednesday, March 07 | | · | U.S. moves to refurbish its nuclear arsenal |
| Monday, December 11 | | · | Atomic Archive Updated |
| Thursday, June 08 | | · | 80's Videos Archive |
| · | Chuck Norris facts |
| Wednesday, March 22 | | · | Jesus Christ Supercop |
| Thursday, November 03 | | · | Online Coin-Op Arcade |
| Sunday, June 26 | | · | Atomic Test Archive |
| Saturday, June 18 | | · | Steve Ballmer |
| Thursday, January 20 | | · | Parkinsons Law |
| Tuesday, November 16 | | · | Chavs... |
| Thursday, April 08 | | · | American Cheese |
| Thursday, March 11 | | · | Normandy 2004 |
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