April 15, 1955: Nevada
The Met test series: "In one experiment four dozen White Chester swine - - dubbed 'atomic pigs' - - were tethered at various distances from the explosion, dressed in the uniforms of Chinese and Soviet troops. This perverse game of cross-dressing sounds as if it was conceived by a Strangelovian 4-H Club. In fact, it was designed by Los Alamos scientists to study how different types of enemy clothing might affect the absorption of radiation by the skin."
- J. Veitch, "Doctor Strangelove's Cabinet of Wonder: Sifting through the Atomic Ruins at the Nevada Test Site"
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