... Admiral Hyman Rickover, father of the Nuclear Navy, teeters inside the reactor vessel for the 'USS Nautilus' during a LIFE photo-op.
1950's ... giant steel chamber for testing USN reactors!
... damn- that is big! If anyone has anymore info on this please leave it in comments.
https://atomic-annhilation.blogspot.com/2018/02/1953-very-big-and-round.html
https://atomic-annhilation.blogspot.com/2018/02/1953-very-big-and-round.html
... B-52's!
... my illustration work.
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1955 ... extra nukes!
... my illustration work - C-124 bringing in extra H-bombs to reload the B-36's at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland.
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... ooo - scary!
... made to snap on over a bomber crew's exisiting helmet and visor this is a system for preventing flash blindness. From the early days of the Strategic Air Command it was anticipated that pilots flying in a nuclear combat arena would be at risk of being temporarily blinded by the intense light of nuclear detonations. Both weapons exploding on targets as well as nuclear tipped SAMs and air-to-air missiles were a hazard. A common early practice was to have the aircrew wear an eye-patch so they had one protected eye in reserve. Pull down shades were a low tech solution which left the crew reliant on instrument flying. The pictured helmet was developed in the 1980's. When sensors detected a sudden rise in ambient light levels the coated lenses would electronically be rendered opaque for several seconds.
... my photo-illus work (matters of milliseconds)
... now that I am doing illustration work for the Aerospace Industry I keep thinking that my 'expertise' on nuclear weapons will come in handy. But these days they mostly want Sesame Street warm and fuzzy - instead of spine tingling terror. Oh well.
... zooooom!
... all from the excellent Flickr collection of Pcarsola LINK
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1959 ... Khrushchev pollinates!
... here is Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in what looks to be his visit to America's heartland in 1959. Below is a link to an excellent documentary on the visit from the folks at PBS and 'The American Experience'
... silent and deadly!
... study your Civil Defense!
... as we all know - the first guys out of the Shelter always get eaten by Giant Mutant Cockroaches... or Zombies!
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1957 ... look pretty for the camera!
... June 24, 1957 Frenchman Flat, Nevada test site. 'Priscilla' shot: 39 kiloton.
1986 ... Soviet Civil Defense!
... more from this endless series of Soviet Civil Defense posters. No way around it; digging slit trenches and then covering them with a layer of earth looks way too much like digging your own grave!
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1950 ... "How to Protect Yourself in an Atomic Attack"
... Grim - that was the mood of Civil Defense advice at the start of the Cold War. Five short years after the end of WW2 and many people felt that an atomic slug-fest with the 'Reds' was inevitable.
Here's a helpful film to prepare us for what is coming in 1951 - in grim black and white narrated grimly by Edward R. Murrow.
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