• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
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    3 months ago

    Not really the last considering both the U.S. and the Soviets had their troops march into the radioactive cloud during tests to see what would happen.

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      3 months ago

      Not to mention there’s got to be at least a handful of the people on pacific islands we screwed over with tests such as Castle Bravo left.

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        3 months ago

        Definitely. A bunch of indigenous Pacific Islanders were exposed, as was a boat full of Japanese fishermen. The latter event was the inspiration for Godzilla.