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Operation Buffalo was the first nuclear test series to be conducted at Maralinga, and the largest ever held in Australia. [40] Planning for the series, initially codenamed Theta, began in mid-1954. It was initially scheduled for April and May 1956, but was pushed back to September and October, when meteorological conditions were most favourable.
During Operation Buffalo in autumn 1956, No. 49 Squadron participated in the British nuclear tests at Maralinga. During the Buffalo R3/Kite test on 11 October 1956, Valiant B.1 WZ366 of No. 49 Squadron became the first RAF aircraft to drop a live atomic bomb. It fell about 91 metres (100 yd) left and 55 metres (60 yd) short of the target ...
Operation Buffalo One tree: 27 Sep 1956 17:00 12.9 kt: Tower Marcoo: 04 Oct 1956 16:30 1.4 kt: Ground-level Kite: 11 Oct 1956 14:27 2.9 kt: Airdrop Breakaway: 22 Oct 1956 00:05 10.8 kt: Tower Operation Antler Tadje: 14 Sep 1957 14:35 0.93 kt: Tower Biak: 25 Sep 1957 10:00 5.67 kt: Tower Taranaki: 09 Oct 1957 16:15 26.6 kt: Balloon
On 27 September 1956, Operation Buffalo commenced at Maralinga, as Emu Field was found to be excessively remote. The operation consisted of the testing of four fission bombs . Two were set atop towers, one at ground level, and one released by a Royal Air Force Vickers Valiant bomber from a height of 9,100 m (30,000 ft).
Operation Buffalo may refer to: Operation Buffalo, a 1944 military operation, part of the Battle of Anzio in World War II; Operation Buffalo (1956), four open-air nuclear tests at Maralinga, South Australia; Operation Buffalo (1967), a Vietnam War operation; Operation Buffalo, 2020 drama series based on the 1956 Operation Buffalo nuclear tests
Operation Buffalo, 1956; Operation Antler, 1957; Operation Grapple, 1957–1958 (Included the UK's first hydrogen bomb, Grapple X/Round C) Last test: Julin Bristol, November 26, 1991, vertical shaft. Atmospheric tests involving nuclear material but conventional explosions: [20] Operation Kittens, 1953–1961 (initiator tests using conventional ...
The actual Blue Danube warhead was proof-tested during Operation Buffalo in Autumn of 1956 at the Marcoo (surface) and Kite (air-drop) nuclear trials [1] at Maralinga, Australia, by a team of Australian, British and Canadian scientists. [2]
Two major test series were conducted: Operation Buffalo (final test pictured) in 1956 and Operation Antler the following year. One bomb used cobalt pellets as a tracer for determining yield, resulting in rumours that Britain was developing a cobalt bomb.