Johnston Island Launch Emplacement One (LE1) after a Thor missile launch failure and explosion contaminated the island with Plutonium during the Operation Bluegill Prime nuclear test, July, 1962.
After Missile Explosion
IImage courtesy of the U.S Defense Nuclear Agency.
Johnston Island Launch Emplacement One (LE1) after a Thor missile launch failure and explosion contaminated the island with Plutonium during the Operation "Bluegill Prime" nuclear test, July, 1962. Download image (jpg, 71.0 KB).
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