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Hardtack (or hard tack) is a type of dense cracker made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. Hardtack is inexpensive and long-lasting. It is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages, land migrations, and military campaigns. [ 1 ]
Operation Hardtack I was a series of 35 nuclear tests conducted by the United States from April 28 to August 18 in 1958 at the Pacific Proving Grounds. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] : 212 At the time of testing, the Operation Hardtack I test series included more nuclear detonations than the total of prior nuclear explosions in the Pacific Ocean.
Despite the promises made by authorities, these and further nuclear tests (Redwing in 1956 and Hardtack in 1958) rendered Bikini unfit for habitation, contaminating the soil and water, making subsistence farming and fishing too dangerous.
English: Crater created by the Cactus shot of Operation Hardtack I.The 18-kt detonation occurred on 5 May 1958 on Runit Island, Enewetak Atoll.The crater had a diameter of 105 meters and a maximum depth of 11 meters with a 2.5 to 4-meter lip.
Hardtack Teak, 1958 Frame of the Starfish Prime nuclear test. High-altitude nuclear explosions are the result of nuclear weapons testing within the upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere and in outer space. Several such tests were performed at high altitudes by the United States and the Soviet Union between 1958 and 1962.
Because it contains toxic fill dirt, the Ross-Hardtack lagoon is listed for cleanup by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. [3] City staff and outside experts who inspected the 45 acres (18 ha) in 2007 approved of their condition. [1] The Port of Portland donated the land it owned on the northern tip of the island to the city in 2015 ...
Kim Kardashian turned heads in a sultry backless look for her latest red carpet moment.. The reality star, 44, stepped out to the Fourth Annual Fifteen Percent Pledge Gala in Los Angeles on ...
The 154th New York Infantry Regiment (aka, "The Hardtack Regiment") was an infantry regiment in the U.S. Army during the American Civil War. Service