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Michaela Pontellini wrote in Vancouver Weekly, “Radio Bikini, which is named for the temporary radio station positioned on the island shortly before Operation Crossroads began, is firmly against the destructive powers of nuclear energy. There are no interviews with anyone other than the victims of the disaster, and the focus is entirely on ...
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 the largest nuclear test conducted in outer space, and one of five conducted by the US in space.
The device used in the blast was a 16 kt Mark 5 Nuclear Bomb - a low yield fission weapon, detonated 90 meters / 300 feet above the ground. [2] The live TV coverage was recorded on a kinescope, so it is a rare record of the sound an actual atomic bomb makes. [3] One of the automobiles after the test.
Upshot–Knothole Simon was a nuclear detonation conducted as part of the U.S. Operation Upshot–Knothole nuclear testing program. Simon was conducted on 25 April 1953 at the Nevada Test Site, and tested the TX-17/24 thermonuclear weapon design which had a yield of 43 kilotons. Test: Simon Time: 12:30 25 April 1953 (GMT) 04:30 25 April 1953 ...
First nuclear weapons test, conducted as part of the Manhattan Project. Tested the Mark 3 Fat Man design. Crossroads: 1946 2: 2: 2: 21 42: First postwar test series. Sandstone: 1948 3: 3: 3: 18 to 49 104: The first use of "levitated" cores made of oralloy. Tested components for Mark 4 design. Ranger: 1951 5: 5: 5: 1 to 22 40: First tests at the ...
The United States's Crosstie nuclear test series was a group of 48 nuclear tests conducted in 1967–1968. These tests [ note 1 ] followed the Operation Latchkey series and preceded the Operation Bowline series.
Operation Roller Coaster [1] was a series of four nuclear tests conducted jointly by the United States and the United Kingdom in 1963, at the Nevada Test Site. [2] The tests did not involve the detonation of any nuclear weapons.
The United States's Niblick nuclear test series [1] was a group of 41 nuclear tests conducted in 1963–1964. These tests [ note 1 ] followed the Operation Roller Coaster series and preceded the Operation Whetstone series.