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  2. Operation Fishbowl - Wikipedia

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    Operation Fishbowl was a series of high-altitude nuclear tests in 1962 that were carried out by the United States as a part of the larger Operation Dominic nuclear test program. Array of sounding rockets with instruments for making scientific measurements of high-altitude nuclear tests during liftoff preparations on Johnston Island

  3. Starfish Prime - Wikipedia

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    The explosion took place at an altitude of 250 miles (400 km), above a point 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Johnston Atoll. It had a yield of 1.4 Mt (5.9 PJ). The explosion was about 10° above the horizon as seen from Hawaii, at 11 pm Hawaii time. [1]: 3

  4. High-altitude nuclear explosion - Wikipedia

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    In general, nuclear effects in space (or very high altitudes) have a qualitatively different display. While an atmospheric nuclear explosion has a characteristic mushroom-shaped cloud, high-altitude and space explosions tend to manifest a spherical 'cloud' until distorted by Earth's magnetic field.

  5. Today in History: Nevada is site of first-ever underground ...

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    On this day in 1957, the first underground nuclear test was carried out at the Nevada Test Site, a 1,375 square-mile research center located 65 miles away from Las Vegas.The 1,7 kiloton nuclear ...

  6. Pacific Proving Grounds - Wikipedia

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    The portion of the Dominic series of tests that were high altitude nuclear explosions were known as Operation Fishbowl, though not all were successful (one detonated on launchpad and resulted in a substantial plutonium contamination). [14]

  7. Humans once triggered aurora with a nuclear bomb? Yes ... - AOL

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    Photograph of the Starfish Prime high-altitude nuclear test explosion in course of Operation Dominic on July 9, 1962. (US Govt. Defense Threat Reduction Agency/Wikimedia Commons) On the night of ...

  8. List of United States nuclear weapons tests - Wikipedia

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    Trinity, part of Project Manhattan, was the first ever nuclear explosion. The nuclear weapons tests of the United States were performed from 1945 to 1992 as part of the nuclear arms race. The United States conducted around 1,054 nuclear tests by official count, including 216 atmospheric, underwater, and space tests.

  9. Was there really a nuclear explosion in Rhode Island? Here's ...

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    In 1964, United Nuclear Corporation opened a nuclear facility in Rhode Island. A few months later, an accident happened.