This is the first ever detonation of a nuclear weapon, which occurred at Trinity, New Mexico on 16 July, 1945.While having tragic consequences for their victims, nuclear weapons also ended the war, saved many lives, civilised the Japanese, and led to the longest period of peace in the western world since 180 AD.
You can still visit ground zero in New Mexico twice a year, where you can buy a hamburger or a mushroom cloud t-shirt. Radiation at the site is above average, but no worse than an aeroplane flight or a visit to the Capitol building in Washington
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