Big Bang At Tadji
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N. Guinea's "Little Bikini"
LATER this year it is proposed to detonate about 3.000 tons of bombs which are now gathered together at Tadji Plantation near Aitape, North ern New Guinea.
With the exception of the atom bomb explosions, this is expected to be the biggest man-made explosion in the Pacific. Natives within a six-mile radius of Tadji will be evacuated, and numer ous listening posts and observation points will be manned by RAAF personnel for about 50 miles around, to record the effect of the explosion on the earth’s surface, on the sea and on the atmosphere. This data is of interest to scientists.