«Mohawk» thermonuclear test, 360 kilotons, 90 m tower, Eniwetok Atoll. 3 July, 1956. High speed photos. First milliseconds. (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by Posadas@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

19 comments fedilink hide all child comments

https://fxtwitter.com/atomicarchive/status/1808600963499934064

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 22 points 3 months ago

Disgusting how they name them after indigenous people they slaughtered

[-] Posadas@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago

Amerikkkans gonna Amerikkkan

[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

Also every helicopter (well, almost).

[-] FloridaBoi@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

There’s a discussion of this in An indigenous Peoples History of the US where every helicopter has an indigenous name, osama bin Laden was code named “Geronimo” and being in enemy territory is referred to as “in-country” or “Indian country”. It’s gross