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The USA detonates three large nuclear devices at heights of sixty and several hundred kilometers with the intention of modifying the Earth's Van Allen Radiation Belt. These atomic tests produce some serious effects, knocking out a number of satellites and substantially changing the intensity and orientation of the Van Allen Belt. Popular folk singer Malvina Reynolds will write and record her song Leave My Van Allen Belt Alone as a protest against this activity.
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