Unbelievable Photos That Were Declassified by the CIA

The First-Ever US Nuclear Bomb

This gigantic bomb is part of the Trinity Test. Trinity" was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear device by the United States. The bomb was detonated in Jornada del Muerto Volcano in New Mexico, USA. The detonation was conducted by the US Army at 5:29 a.m. on July 16th, 1945. Throughout all of this, the United States public had no idea what was going on. 

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