Can 8850 Form Veterans 2016-2023

Music when the flash hit yeah you could see the x-rays of your hands through your closed eyes to say it was frightening is an understatement we're basically used guinea pigs there's no other word for it the threat of nuclear war hasn't been this high since the Cold War we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea to better understand this existential danger I want to speak to soldiers who've experienced atomic bomb explosions up-close well everyone knows about Hiroshima and Nagasaki few are aware that an additional 2023 atomic bombs were detonated after World War 2 and tested on hundreds of thousands of young soldiers to prepare them for nuclear war most nuclear tests were performed by the United States and Russia but 20,000 British soldiers were also involved these missions were secret and up until recently the veterans weren't allowed to discuss them only a few of these men are still alive today I've been invited to a reunion of atomic veterans in a village near Bristol the veterans have traveled from all over the country to share their experiences I wonder if they're more concerned about the threat of nuclear war that my generation is as they have experienced the power of these weapons first time when I arrived the room is full of old men playing bingo it's hard to imagine that they have seen atomic bombs detonated my name is Peter bond so did the area for five years in the Pacific for the locust testing my name is Douglas Hearn when I was 21 years old I was sent to Christmas Island and witnessed five nuclear detonations that was the defining point in my life that governed what my life was going to be like from the moment I saw...