Operation Castle
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title:
Operation Castle
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Operation Castle was a United States series of high-yield (high-energy) nuclear tests by Joint Task Force 7 (JTF-7) at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954. It followed Operation Upshot–Knothole and preceded Operation Teapot. Conducted as a joint venture between the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Department of Defense (DoD), the ultimate objective of the operation was to test designs for an aircraft-deliverable thermonuclear weapon. All the devices tested, which ranged in weight from 6,5
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Series of 1950s US nuclear tests
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Castle
date created:
2004-03-13T18:15:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T17:46:20Z
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