The First Underwater Nuclear Bomb Tested After World War 2

In this Hot Question, investigative journalist and bestselling author Annie Jacobsen breaks down the Baker atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll, one of the most consequential nuclear experiments in history. On July 25, 1946, the United States detonated an atomic bomb underwater beneath a fleet of its own ships, creating a massive radioactive disaster that changed how the world understood nuclear fallout. The surviving vessels became so contaminated that cleanup efforts were eventually abandoned because sailors were being exposed to lethal levels of radiation.

Annie also shares the extraordinary story of Alfred O’Donnell, the engineer who armed, wired, and fired the Baker bomb and later helped wire 186 nuclear weapons for the U.S. government. His knowledge was considered so sensitive that he reportedly never left the country and remained under government watch for the rest of his life.

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