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11. Do you know why they were there watching?

Sun Jan 22, 2023, 01:49 PM

Jan 2023

My suspicion is that they were lab rats. The army wanted to see the effects of radiation on people at various distances from a nuclear explosion.

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Activists call for US apology for Marshall Islands nuclear tests [View all] C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 OP

What is an apology going to do? Bootlace Jan 2023 #1

Exactly. It will do nothing. Algernon Moncrieff Jan 2023 #14

Maybe that would lead to more compensation and reparations Lasher Jan 2023 #2

Seeking reparations and leverage. C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #3

Those nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #5

Watched that movie a few times as a child. B&W twodogsbarking Jan 2023 #13

I live 50 miles north of the Trinity site womanofthehills Jan 2023 #6

That's awful. Did the USG make amends in anyway? C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #8

My father was in the Army during that time WhiteTara Jan 2023 #7

Wow. The nuclear test was in Europe, WhiteTara? C0RI0LANUS Jan 2023 #9

Sorry, No WhiteTara Jan 2023 #10

Do you know why they were there watching? Jim__ Jan 2023 #11

He was on a boat some distance WhiteTara Jan 2023 #12