Mogul balloons were deployed due to nuclear fears stemming from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, monitoring Soviet Union targets.

The entities involved

• Soviet Union →

  former country in Eurasia (1922–1991)

  • An incident involving the United Nations, Spain, and the Soviet Union contributed to the nuclear disarmament cause amidst Cold War tensions.Mon 14:21
  • The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine was a key institution whose work contributed to the intellectual and industrial ambitions of the Soviet Union.Mon 13:31
• Hiroshima →

  capital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

  • A collective is exploring the nuclear history of Hiroshima, linking the logic of replicas to Günther Anders.Sun 02:37
  • JFK considered nuclear war threats during the Cuban Missile Crisis, linking to the destructive impact of the Hiroshima bombing on Japan.Sat 12:23
• Nagasaki →

  core city in Kyushu, Japan

  Nothing else this week.

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