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Castle Bravo was a hydrogen bomb test by the Americans during the Cold War in Bikini Atoll and first of the operation castle nuclear tests.

Initially, the bomb, known as the 'shrimp' device was set to explode at 6000 kilotons, however it was unexpected that the bomb would explode at 15000 kilotons, which is more than twice as expected and also a thousand times more powerful than the bomb that exploded over hiroshima during ~~world war~~ II.

Initially, the bomb, known as the 'shrimp' device was set to explode at 6000 kilotons, however it was unexpected that the bomb would explode at 15000 kilotons, which is more than twice as expected and also a thousand times more powerful than the bomb that exploded over hiroshima during World War II.

What makes this deadly is that there was a massive fallout that poisoned Bikini Atoll inhabitants and a Japanese fishing boat, with the people afflicted by radiation sickness, and eventually leading to one of the Japanese fisherman to [[File:Castle_bravo.jpg|thumb|316px|castle bravo blows up over bikini atoll]]succumb to his illness.

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 Castle Bravo was a hydrogen bomb test by the Americans during the Cold War in Bikini Atoll and first of the operation castle nuclear tests.
-Initially, the bomb, known as the 'shrimp' device was set to explode at 6000 kilotons, however it was unexpected that the bomb would explode at 15000 kilotons, which is more than twice as expected and also a thousand times more powerful than the bomb that exploded over hiroshima during world war II.
+Initially, the bomb, known as the 'shrimp' device was set to explode at 6000 kilotons, however it was unexpected that the bomb would explode at 15000 kilotons, which is more than twice as expected and also a thousand times more powerful than the bomb that exploded over hiroshima during World War II.
 What makes this deadly is that there was a massive fallout that poisoned Bikini Atoll inhabitants and a Japanese fishing boat, with the people afflicted by radiation sickness, and eventually leading to one of the Japanese fisherman to [[File:Castle_bravo.jpg|thumb|316px|castle bravo blows up over bikini atoll]]succumb to his illness.