Disclaimer: The views expressed in this article by Samantha Potter J.D. ’25, an officer in the U.S. Air Force, are entirely her own and not endorsed by, or reflective of, the position of the U.S.
On July 8, 1962, the United States detonated a 1.4-megaton nuclear weapon 400 kilometers above the Pacific Ocean. The Starfish Prime test created an artificial aurora visible from Hawaii, nearly 900 ...