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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 ]
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.
The Crown Pilot cracker is Nabisco's oldest recipe, which was acquired with their purchase of a bakery in Newburyport, Massachusetts. The recipe was originally created by John Pearson of Newburyport [2] in 1792 for producing seagoing biscuits. [1] [3] The cracker was discontinued once before in 1996 by Nabisco.
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.
HARDTACK-Teak was an exoatmospheric high altitude nuclear weapon test performed during Operation Newsreel. [2] It was launched from Johnston Atoll on a Redstone missile . [ 3 ] On 1 August 1958, the 3.88 Mt (16.2 PJ) shot detonated at an altitude of 76.8 km (252,000 ft; 47.7 mi).
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"Hard Tack, Come Again No More" is an American Civil War-era parody of the song "Hard Times, Come Again No More." First called "Hard Crackers, Come Again No More!" , it is a sarcastic complaint about the quality of some of the provisions provided by military contractors, specifically hardtack . [ 2 ]
Hardtack is a simple type of biscuit or cracker. Hardtack or Hard Tack may also refer to: Hardtack (game), a miniature wargame ruleset; Hard Tack (horse) (1926–1947), an American Thoroughbred racehorse; Hardtack Island, in Portland, Oregon, United States