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Operation Fishbowl was a series of high-altitude nuclear tests in 1962 that were carried out by the United States as a part of the larger Operation Dominic nuclear test program. Array of sounding rockets with instruments for making scientific measurements of high-altitude nuclear tests during liftoff preparations on Johnston Island.
The United States conducted around 1,054 nuclear tests by official count, including 216 atmospheric, underwater, and space tests. [ 1 ][ notes 1 ] Most of the tests took place at the Nevada Test Site (NNSS/NTS) and the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands and off Kiritimati Island in the Pacific, plus three in the Atlantic Ocean. Ten ...
The flash created by the explosion as seen through heavy cloud cover from Honolulu, 900 miles (1,450 km) away. Starfish Prime was a high-altitude nuclear test conducted by the United States, a joint effort of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Defense Atomic Support Agency. It was launched from Johnston Atoll on July 9, 1962, and was ...
Dominic- Bighorn, 7.7 megatons. Operation Dominic was a series of 31 nuclear test explosions ("shots") with a 38.1 Mt (159 PJ) total yield conducted in 1962 by the United States in the Pacific. [ 1 ] This test series was scheduled quickly, in order to respond in kind to the Soviet resumption of testing after the tacit 1958–1961 test moratorium.
High-altitude nuclear explosions are the result of nuclear weapons testing within the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere and in outer space. Several such tests were performed at high altitudes by the United States and the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1962. The Partial Test Ban Treaty was passed in October 1963, ending atmospheric and ...
This was the Starfish Prime event of nuclear test operation Dominic-Fishbowl; In the Dominic-Fishbowl series in 1962: Checkmate, Bluegill, Kingfish and Tightrope; The USA also conducted two live weapons test involving nuclear artillery including: Test of the M65 atomic cannon using the W9 artillery shell during the Upshot-Knothole Grable test ...
Little Feller I was the last near-ground atmospheric nuclear detonation conducted by the United States [1] (the high altitude Fishbowl tests concluded in November 1962 with a detonation at around 69,000 feet (21 km) altitude). All further tests were conducted underground, in accordance with the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
Fishbowl (conversation) The arrangement of chairs in a fish bowl session. Four concentric rings of chairs surround a smaller group of five chairs. An arrow indicates how any member of the audience may enter the middle section. A fishbowl conversation is a form of dialogue that can be used when discussing topics within large groups.