Operation Prairie Flat
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Operation Prairie Flat
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Operation Prairie Flat was a test involving the detonation of a 500-short-ton (450 t) spherical surface charge of TNT to evaluate airblast, ground shock and thermal effects of nuclear weapons. Since TNT charges produce roughly double the airburst effect of nuclear weapons, it allowed testing the equivalent of a 1 kiloton of TNT (4.2 TJ) nuclear weapon surface burst. It was a continuation of the technical co-operation series of tests sponsored jointly by the respective governments. Similar to pre
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Conventional explosive test for nuclear weapon detonations
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Prairie_Flat
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2023-07-25T06:49:09Z
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