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“Our world will be a safer and healthier place when we can admit that every time we make an atomic bomb we corrupt the morals of a host of innocent neutrons below the age of consent.” — Conclusion of “The Corruption of Innocent Neutrons” by W.H. Auden, New York Times Magazine, August 1, 1965

Today in 1958 at Johnston Island in the North Pacific Ocean, the United States conducted Shot TEAK, using an Army Redstone rocket to loft a 3.8-Megaton W39 warhead about 48 miles above the Earth. A programming error caused the warhead to detonate directly overhead instead of six miles to the south.

1958-08-01: Hardtack Teak Redstone RocketYouTube video by Tom Owens UAPwww.youtube.com

OTD 80 yrs ago, President Harry Truman signed the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, transferring control over nuclear weapons from the US Army’s Manhattan Engineer District to the new Atomic Energy Commission, thus establishing civilian control of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy (as of January 1, 1947).

What’s the point of Trump’s incompetent, corrupt, lickspittle Cabinet members all competitively fawning and debasing themselves at a “Cabinet meeting” for his pleasure if it’s not televised?

The White House Military Office Air Force aide is on “Football” duty for Trump’s trip to Camp David (near Thurmont, MD) for a Cabinet meeting. The ~45 lb. satchel trails Trump 24/7, enabling him alone to authorize the use of any of our ~1,770 deployed nuclear weapons—up to 900 on alert—at any time.

OTD 35 yrs ago, Presidents George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the START I agreement, limiting the United States and the Soviet Union to 1,600 deployed ICBMs, SLBMs, and bombers and 6,000 “accountable” strategic warheads. It entered into force on December 5, 1994, expiring 15 years later.

Today in 1990, the United States assembled its last completely new nuclear warhead—a 455-kiloton W88 for the Trident II D5 SLBM—at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. Since then, several thousand existing warheads and bombs have been significantly modernized at Pantex, enhancing their capabilities.

Well, who among us blah blah blah. But at least the Trump regime isn't using AI to target weapons, right? Right? RIGHT?

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30 years ago today, China conducted its 45th and final nuclear weapon test, an underground explosion measuring between 1 to 5 kilotons at the Lop Nor Nuclear Test Base. This was also the last nuclear test by any permanent member of the UN Security Council. Two months later, China signed the CTBT.

Right now in 1945 (12:15 AM July 30, local time), as the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis steamed from Guam to Leyte (in the Philippines), it was sunk by two Japanese torpedoes. Four days before, it had delivered the “Little Boy” atomic bomb casing and its highly enriched uranium projectile to Tinian.

What’s your sign?

Today in 1957, a C-124A Globemaster II ferrying 3 unarmed Mark-5 atomic bombs and 1 plutonium capsule from Dover AFB, Delaware, to a base in Europe, lost power in both its port-side engines off Cape May, New Jersey, and began losing altitude. To make a safe emergency landing near Atlantic City …

Today in 1950—nearly five years after the United States used a single atomic bomb to obliterate Hiroshima, Japan—Collier’s magazine featured renowned painter and illustrator Chesley Bonestell’s (1888-1986) vivid visions of an atomic attack on New York City on its cover and inside pages.