2. Trinity test
The world’s first nuclear bomb test was the trinity test conducted by United states army on July 16, 1945, as part of Manhattan Project. To measure the key aspects of the reaction, three observation bunkers were located at around 10,000 yards north, west & south. But scientists biggest concern was the control of the radioactivity the test device would release. Heatwave spread across the desert & everything went from darkness to brilliant shine seconds after the trinity test explosion. After the success of the trinity test both kinds of bombs, the plutonium design & uranium design are available for use in war. Trinity site was declared a National historic landmark district in 1965 & is now open to visitors only on first Saturdays of April & October.
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