Our mission today is to inspect the crater left by our recent atomic test explosion. We are excavating the crater to learn about the glass crystallization, and sand particulate compression caused by the heat wave and dynamic overpressure of the explosion. These searches will allow us to develop better bomb shelters, atomic missile silos and to learn the offensive abilities of our devices.
This is a multi-agency mission task force. The Atomic Energy Commission, the US Army and the US Navy have all supplied personnel for this mission. The US Air Force have supplied logistical support for this mission as well.
You can see men working in the crater with hand tools. As they dig through the different layers of soils they can better inspect the ground by using hand tools. They will take samples of the soil for later analysis in the laboratory.
As you can see most of our men are wearing helmets as they dig, despite working with radioactivity and atomic weapons; safety is a great concern to us. Working in the desert, even in the springtime can be difficult, but national security requires that we all do our bit.
Interoperability is a key for us. Just as this sailor has a .45 submachine gun and a .45 caliber pistol he is riding in an Army weasel. This device was fired from an Atomic Annie cannon, but similar guns could be mounted on Naval vessels. The ability to project force anywhere in the world to protect American interests has been an important mission of our Navy since the early years of the Republic.
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