A test nuclear explosion codenamed “Baker” at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, on July 25, 1946. The 40 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated by the

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A test nuclear explosion codenamed “Baker” at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, on July 25, 1946. The 40 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated by the at a depth of 27 meters below the ocean surface, miles from the atoll.

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