Operation Sandstone was a series of nuclear weapon tests in 1948. It was the third series of American tests, following Trinity in 1945 and Crossroads...
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Enewetak Atoll (section Operation Sandstone)
at Eniwetok Airfield in 1948 for Operation Sandstone Operation Sandstone Ivy Mike test, October 31, 1952 Operation Greenhouse test Ivy King test, November...
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Enewetak Atoll as part of Operation Sandstone in 1948. Four weapons were detonated on the Enewetak Atoll as part of Operation Greenhouse in 1951. Two are...
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World War III (section Operation Unthinkable)
would occur after a nuclear attack. Operation Sandstone in Ireland was a top-secret British-Irish military operation. The armed forces from both states...
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tertiary education institutions Operation Sandstone was the third series of American nuclear weapon tests in 1948 Sandstone (2004), the first novel in James...
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Map all coordinates in "Operation Greenhouse" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary...
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Berlin Blockade, all the assembly teams were in Eniwetok for the Operation Sandstone test, and the military teams were not yet qualified to assemble atomic...
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participated in Operation Sandstone and Operation Wigwam USS Estes participated in Operation Ivy and Operation Castle USS Leo participated in Operation Ivy and...
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Map all coordinates in "Operation Ranger" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary...
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accomplishment of motion picture documentation of Joint Task Force 7 (JTF-7), Operation Sandstone. After an extensive survey of the Los Angeles area, the General chose...
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assist with the Mark 3 tests in Operation Crossroads in 1946 and again for weapons testing at Enewetak for Operation Sandstone in 1948. Though, between tests...
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field coil SCUBA diving yoke, an A-clamp connector A nuclear test in Operation Sandstone A slang term for the drug MDMA, better known as "ecstasy" A mounting...
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logistical support. It supported nuclear weapons testing, although after Operation Sandstone in 1948, this was increasingly in a planning and training capacity...
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device was built, in 1948 to measure the nuclear test detonations of Operation Sandstone. Prototype and production instruments were later built by EG&G, and...
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ship. He participated in Operation Crossroads, the nuclear weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946, and later the Operation Sandstone tests at Enewetak Atoll...
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increase the tamper's momentum, a levitation technique used as early as Operation Sandstone and described by physicist Ted Taylor as hammer-on-the-nail-impact...
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and Operation Wigwam USS Tawakoni participated in Operation Castle and Operation Dominic USS Curtiss participated in Operation Sandstone, Operation Greenhouse...
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"Baker" of Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll, the Trinity test, a test from Operation Sandstone and the hydrogen bomb tests from Operation Redwing and...
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Adelaide University of Queensland University of Western Australia The sandstone universities are an informally defined group comprising Australia's oldest...
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the tamper cavity, was said to be "levitated". The three tests of Operation Sandstone, in 1948, used Fat Man designs with levitated pits. The largest yield...
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bombers to Europe. For a time there was talk of calling off the Operation Sandstone nuclear weapons tests, but Nichols successfully argued for their...
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The B-17 drones were employed in a similar manner in Operation Sandstone in 1947, and in Operation Greenhouse in 1951. In this latter test, also several...
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sandstone is a geographic subset of the Medina Group stratigraphic formation in New York State and beyond. The name refers specifically to sandstone first...
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Coast as well as on training ranges in North Carolina and Florida during Operation Enduring Freedom January 19, 2002 Allied Communications Publication 113:...
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Eniwetok, with several atomic weapons on board for the exercise "Operation Sandstone". Afterwards she returned to the West Coast before being engaged...
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only some site selection had been carried out by January 1950. The Operation Sandstone nuclear tests in April and May 1948 had demonstrated improved designs...
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zone in the Battle of Ia Drang X-Ray, a code name for an event of Operation Sandstone, a nuclear weapon test series conducted by the US in April 1948 X-Ray...
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1947, Grier was involved in several nuclear tests including Operation Sandstone and Operation Ranger. With EG&G, Grier was president until 1976 and served...
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there was an increased cancer rate. During the Zebra test of the Operation Sandstone in 1948, three men had beta burns on their hands when removing sample...
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Robert D. (1955). Vol. II, Foundations of an Atomic Air Force and Operation Sandstone 1946–1948 (PDF). The History of Air Force Participation in the Atomic...
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