Declassified Nuclear Test Films Reveal Hidden Truths About Our Atomic Past

The U.S. detonated over 200 nuclear weapons to gather scientific data about their potential. That data was gospel for years, until a weapons physicist decades later found out the figures were off by huge margins.

Written and produced by Lauren Ellis
Edited by Kate Geaghan
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