During the 1950s Operation Desert Rock exercises, U.S. soldiers were ordered to march toward live nuclear explosions in the Nevada desert to study the effects of atomic warfare. These controversial maneuvers, intended as battlefield training, resulted in serious long-term health problems for many of the "atomic veterans" due to high radiation exposure. | History In Pictures

🤯 What it actually feels like when a nuclear bomb explodes—up close. We’ve all seen the iconic mushroom cloud… but the scale of the initial flash, the force of the shockwave, and the heat that burns before the sound even arrives—this simulation captures the unimaginable. You’re standing on the beach. The horizon lights up like a second sun. Then comes the roar. The Anatomy of the Blast: - 0:05 — The blinding thermal pulse — pure heat, no sound, just instant fire. - 0:30 — The fireball grows, co