The Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Orford Ness is one of Britain’s well kept nuclear secret for testing large weapons such as Britain’s first atomic bomb, Blue Danube. The laboratories were designed to mimic the rigours to which a nuclear weapon might be subjected before detonation, and included vibration, extremes of temperature, shocks and G forces. This article takes you on a tour and history of the site…
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Read MoreInside Soviet Asylum T
Asylum T was built in the early 20th century as state lunatic asylum of Brandenburg. It was also used as military hospital during both world wars; and after 1945 parts of it were occupied by the Soviets. Today, there is still an active psychiatric hospital in the neighbourhood, but the former soviet buildings are left to decay…
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