This is what the U.S Army thought the soldier of the future would be like, 1959. The uniform includes infrared binoculars, M-14 rifle, communications antenna, bangalore explosives for digging fox holes, nylon ballistic vest and mask to protect the wearer from nuclear explosions. pic.twitter.com/ZnYyt8FGNT— NUKES (@atomicarchive) July 14, 2020
During the nuclear exercises of China... 1960s pic.twitter.com/gQb74uh0DM— NUKES (@atomicarchive) June 9, 2020
Chernobyl souvenir pic.twitter.com/UaccHfbYL2— NUKES (@atomicarchive) May 21, 2020
Excess Velocity Gauge at Trinity Site, 1945. This blast wave gauge compares the speed of sound and the speed of the nuclear blast wave. pic.twitter.com/7OxNIx0aRa— NUKES (@atomicarchive) June 19, 2020
An innovative snake-like robot has been developed to cut up items in radioactive contaminated or difficult-to-access areas of nuclear facilities. Sellafield, UK, 2016. pic.twitter.com/Q5rscFstcS— NUKES (@atomicarchive) June 30, 2020
Unusual fallout shelter. Any radioactive contamanation on a person's body would be washed off while swimming to the entrance of the atomic shelter. 1953. pic.twitter.com/ISwJvUSp7I— NUKES (@atomicarchive) February 5, 2020
Monument to the liquidators of the Chernobyl disaster, Mitino (Moscow). pic.twitter.com/3chAgxnqWK— NUKES (@atomicarchive) January 28, 2020
Atomic cake in the form of an underwater atomic explosion «Baker». pic.twitter.com/SKHX6Cyc4H— NUKES (@atomicarchive) July 7, 2020
Willie Williams looking uranium, the precious stuff vital to atomic research. Instead of pick and shovel she is using a Geiger counter in the Arizona desert. 1949. pic.twitter.com/YrEQaFGqfk— NUKES (@atomicarchive) July 1, 2020
Gas mask for lovers. Gift for February 14th. pic.twitter.com/LYL0sw5iLr— NUKES (@atomicarchive) February 14, 2020