[rerevisionist]

Video about Rockets & Claimed Tests in the Atmosphere - 'Rainbow Bombs'.
Phase-outs are: - Argus, and anti-aircraft nuclear missiles - presumably both covert exit strategies

'Nukes in Space' is a 1999 52-minute film by Peter Kuran, narrated by William Shatner, supposedly with declassified material. It's on sale at Amazon and other places, and may be viewable or part-viewable online.

2 'Artists impression' DVD covers

From the skeptical viewpoint [1] a device in the upper atmosphere has the same advantage as a device under the sea, at night, enclosed in a building, dropped from a plane, or on top of a high tower - nobody apart from those rigging it can get a good look. [2] The nominal reason seems to have been to check the disruption, or other change, in radio reception, though sceptics won't be surprised to find there's little evidence this was done systematically. [3] Disputes, debates, acrimonious rage and indignation surrounding these supposed bombs were of course a public relations gift in keeping the issue in the media.

Here's Lies All Lies on this forum, who spotted a silly 'Outer Space Nukular Blast' video https://nuke-lies/www.nukelies.com/forum/nukular-blast-outer-space.html

Here are a few Amazon reviews of the Kuran/Shatner 'Nukes in Space' film/DVD. The DVD buyers were clearly not impressed with convincing the supposed blasts were; maybe I'll review the film:, or soemone else might-

5 star-
This movie is more about the Space Race than nuclear testing. Of course, the Space Race was driven primarily by the threat of nuclear weapons. It's a very well done and enjoyable documentary of ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) development culminating in the high-altitude nuclear weapons affects tests of the Dominic/Fishbowl test series. There are not many thermonuclear explosions in this video--but there sure are a lot of rocket failure explosions. This movie also highlights the Cuban Missile Crisis as well as documenting the anti-ballistic missile tests. I highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in the development of the Space Race or the Cold War. It's tastefully done [sic] ..

3 star-
This video is not nearly as entertaining as "Trinity and Beyond". The so-called "rainbow bombs" do not figure prominently and when they are seen, they are less than spectacular. Most of this video seems to focus more on the world situation at the time these tests were being conducted than on the actual tests themselves. A great deal of the extras on the disc are about JFK and the cuban missile crisis. As one reviewer mentioned, there seem to be just as many rockets blowing on the launch pad as there are explosions in space. Even tho I felt the title was a bit misleading, it is interesting.

1 star-
Even worse than the first film, "Trinity". The narration is a soft whisper, with sound effects and music covering it up. Even if it were easier to hear, there's nothing worthwhile.

1 star-
I didn't think this video was very interesting at all. It was slow moving and showed too many rockets blowing up on their launching pads. The footage of the high altitude explosions was not entertaining at all. A waste of time in my opinion. DO NOT BUY this DVD!

[rerevisionist]

Nukes in Space is a much wider overview than its title suggests.

But it's badly put together - the editors don't seem to have made much effort at logical presentation, and all the clips are unsourced. The Moscow Symphony Orchestra soundtrack is rather inappropriate.

Dr van Allen and Bernard Lovell make interview appearances in this film. Wernher von Brown's rocketry stars too. A few politicians - Eisenhower and John F Kennedy reappear from the archives.

Three 'Project Argus' atom bombs were supposedly detonated in the late 1950s in the ionosphere, and apparently at night though (c. 20minutes) the film is highly unconvincing. There are anecdotes about radio transmission, which cynics will note are unconvincing (c. 23 mins - ".. could create selective disruptions... beagn to affect communications over the Pacific.. some disruption, unexpected power out in Hawaii, airlines taken out of action..." This was yet another covert operation: (c. 20mins into the film) "In April 1958 the Department of Defense implements Project Argus as one of the largest clandestine operations ever attempted. ..."

J F Kennedy on the USSR breaking a test treaty. (About 30 mins). This of course could simply have been another Jewish co-operative money-making scheme.

At about 29 mins into this film is a comment on the faked missile gap: "... The R9 and R16.. range of 6,000 miles... They had a test facility that we could monitor... enhanced surveillance techniques.. 1960 ... photos revealed that the entire Soviet arsenal consists of only six missiles..." Maybe this was evidence of a split between the Jewish USA/USSR more or less secret collaboration, vs Americans? By 49 mins into the film, the numbers had gone up again....

About 42 mins is the 'Cuba Crisis'.

The last sentences spoken by Shatner (written by Val Keller) are: "... Most of the Nike-Hercules anti-aircraft missile batteries [which could supposedly be fitted with nuclear warheads, or fragmentation warheads] were dismantled by the mid-1970s. This site was last active in 1974. During and since the reign of President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, the United States has spent over $60 billion on the development of ABM technology. Not one of the concepts has proven effective."

These several phase-outs - Argus, anti-aircraft nuclear missiles - presumably were covert exit strategies since the Soviet Union was still supposed to be threatening. The Vietnam War, absurdly, seems to have been an excuse to drop what had been promoted as essential defense for several hundred US cities. NASA was started about 1958 by Eisenhower, (about 24 mins into the film) supposedly for civilian purposes, including weather, navigation and communications satellites, but of course also the fake moon explorations.