Operation Sunbeam News Today

Two buzzards found in woodland last year are thought to have been poisoned TWO men are being questioned following raids by a team investigating the illegal killing of birds of prey. Durham police officers teamed up with partner agencies on a special operation to target raptor persecution, which included searches at two properties in Teesdale this morning. Operation Sunbeam included members of the Barnard Castle Neighbourhood Policing Team, RSPB, Natural England and the National Wildlife C...

The fastest man-made object is a manhole cover that was blasted into space by an underground nuclear test It was “going like a bat!” A 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon was detonated in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS) on September 19, 1957. The test, known as Rainier, was the first fully contained underground detonation and produced no radioactive fallout. A modified W-25 warhead weighing 218 pounds and measuring 25.7 inches in diameter and 17.4 inches in length was used for t...