Today we visited the Atomic Test Museum with my mother. It was a great museum:
This 2 foot tall warhead has a 15KT yield, roughly comparable to the bomb dropped on Hiroshima:
The museum focused on testing, with an extensive section about the US underground test program here in Nevada:
They had the shell of a B53 bomb on display. With a 9MT yield, it would flatten all buildings within 10 miles of the drop point:
Here’s a scale model showing the bomb to size under the deploying bomber:
We had lunch at a restaurant nearby. Another great day in Las Vegas!






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