Editing Marshall Islands (section)

====U.S. Trust Territory====
[[File:Leaving-bikini.jpg|thumb|Bikini Islanders being forcibly relocated from [[Bikini Atoll]] in March 1946 before the U.S. [[Operation Crossroads]] atomic bomb testing commenced]]
[[File:Castle Bravo Blast.jpg|thumb|Mushroom cloud from the largest atmospheric [[nuclear test]] the United States ever conducted, [[Castle Bravo]]]]

In 1947, the United States entered into an agreement with the [[UN Security Council]] to administer much of [[Micronesia]], including the Marshall Islands, as the [[Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Isenberg |first=David |date=1985 |title=Reconciling Independence and Security: The Long Term Status of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands |url=https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/uclapblj4&id=220&div=&collection= |journal=UCLA Pacific Basin Law Journal |volume=4 |issue=1–2 |pages=210|doi=10.5070/P841-2021926 }}</ref>

From 1946 to 1958, it served as the [[Pacific Proving Grounds]] for the United States and was the site of 67 [[nuclear test]]s on various atolls.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/325643/marshall-islands-marks-71-years-since-start-of-us-nuclear-tests-on-bikini |title=Marshall Islands marks 71 years since start of U.S. nuclear tests on Bikini |date=2017-03-01 |website=Radio New Zealand |language=en-nz |access-date=2019-01-16 |archive-date=2019-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116201523/https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/325643/marshall-islands-marks-71-years-since-start-of-us-nuclear-tests-on-bikini |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Operation Crossroads]] atomic bomb testing began in 1946 on [[Bikini Atoll]] after some of the residents were forcibly evacuated.<ref>{{Citation |last=Goldberg |first=Walter M. |title=Domination of Pacific Islands in War and in the Nuclear Age |date=2018 |work=The Geography, Nature and History of the Tropical Pacific and its Islands |series=World Regional Geography Book Series |pages=157–180 |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-69532-7_7 |access-date=2024-07-25 |place=Cham |publisher=Springer International Publishing |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-69532-7_7 |isbn=978-3-319-69531-0}}</ref>

The world's first [[hydrogen bomb]], codenamed "[[Ivy Mike|Mike]]", was tested at the [[Enewetak atoll]] in the Marshall Islands on November 1 (local date) in 1952, which produced significant fallout in the region.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=What the First H-Bomb Test Looked Like |url=https://time.com/4096424/ivy-mike-history/ |access-date=2020-08-26 |magazine=Time |archive-date=2020-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920131258/https://time.com/4096424/ivy-mike-history/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Over the years just one of over 60 islands was cleaned by the U.S. government, and the inhabitants are still waiting for the 2 billion dollars in compensation assessed by the Nuclear Claims Tribunal. Many of the islanders and their descendants still live in exile, as the islands remain contaminated with high levels of radiation.<ref name="theguardian.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/bikini-atoll-nuclear-test-60-years |title=Bikini Atoll nuclear test: 60 years later and islands still unliveable |first=Agence |last=France-Press |date=March 1, 2014 |access-date=August 22, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=September 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901122634/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/02/bikini-atoll-nuclear-test-60-years |url-status=live}}</ref>

A significant [[radar]] installation was constructed on [[Kwajalein]] atoll.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rising-sea-warnings-air-force-radar-site/ |title=Rising seas could threaten $1 billion Air Force radar site |website=cbsnews.com |date=October 18, 2016 |language=en-US |access-date=2019-01-16 |archive-date=2019-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116201049/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rising-sea-warnings-air-force-radar-site/ |url-status=live}}</ref>