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Operation Argus was a series of United States low-yield, high-altitude nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted from 27 August to 9 September 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tests were performed by the Defense Nuclear Agency .
The Christofilos effect, sometimes known as the Argus effect, refers to the entrapment of electrons from nuclear weapons in the Earth's magnetic field.It was first predicted in 1957 by Nicholas Christofilos, who suggested the effect had defensive potential in a nuclear war, with so many beta particles becoming trapped that warheads flying through the region would experience huge electrical ...
Hardtack Teak, 1958 Frame of the Starfish Prime nuclear test. ... 3.8 Mt: 34 km US Argus – South Atlantic Ocean Argus I: 27 August 1958: 1.7 kt: 200 km: Argus II:
Russia, the United States and China have all built new facilities and dug new tunnels at their nuclear test sites in recent years, satellite images obtained exclusively by CNN show, at a time when ...
Argus: 1958 3: 3: 3: 2 4: Also known as Operation Floral before becoming Argus for security reasons. Tested three weapons in the South Atlantic, trying to create an artificial energy belt in the magnetosphere. Hardtack II: 1958 37: 37: 24: 0 to 22 46: Meant to squeeze all possible testing into the time before Eisenhower's test ban started on 30 ...
Russia has successfully tested an experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday, while also warning that the country's parliament could revoke its ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States plans to test a spacecraft engine powered by nuclear fission by 2027 as part of a long-term NASA effort to demonstrate more efficient methods of propelling ...
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