Bikini Atoll: The Atomic Ship Graveyard

In 1946, the world’s most powerful fleet was assembled for one purpose: to be sacrificed. "Operation Crossroads" was a daring and controversial experiment designed to test if the world’s most advanced warships could survive the atomic bomb. Today, a high-tech expedition returns to the remote Bikini Atoll to explore the ghost fleet before it collapses into the abyss.

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