The article, “New Nuclear Test?” by Miles Mathis, published on October 21, 2023, argues that recent reports of a US nuclear test in Nevada are fabricated. Mathis claims that the accompanying photographic and video evidence, allegedly from Infowars and YouTube, are either CGI or staged footage from earlier, less convincing tests from 1992. He criticizes the low quality of the footage, comparing it to poor special effects and suggesting it was created by the US government at Lookout Mountain AFB in Laurel Canyon. Mathis further questions the rationale behind underground nuclear tests, proposing they are conducted there to make faking the results easier by avoiding the need for mushroom clouds. He connects this alleged deception to a broader pattern of government manipulation, including “duck-and-cover” drills, active shooter drills, and the general use of fear tactics to control the public and increase taxes and government programs. An addendum from October 30 discusses the Department of Defense’s request for funding to develop a bomb significantly more powerful than the one used on Hiroshima, Japan, which Mathis dismisses as unimpressive given the historical power of bombs like Shrimp at Castle Bravo and Russia’s Tsar Bomba, suggesting a continued reliance on public ignorance.
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