By Brian Passey, USA TODAY
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Residents downwind of the Nevada Test Site are fighting to block a non-nuclear blast scheduled there in June, mainly because of the legacy of Cold War atomic testing.
The Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) plans to explode 700 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil at the site, which is 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas, to test the effects of ground shock on hardened targets, such as underground bunkers.
Though the test, code-named "Divine Strake," could mimic the explosion of a small nuclear weapon, the agency has stressed it is not a nuclear blast.
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HAHAHHAHA... let them blow it up. Who cares. It's non-nuclear, and its actually getting rid of weapons, so the tree-huggers should be happy. I think it is lame how this country changes its mind because 5% of the population gets butt-hurt.
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