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    Map all coordinates in "Operation Dominic" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary...
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    the United States as a part of the larger Operation Dominic nuclear test program. The Operation Fishbowl nuclear tests were originally to be completed...
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    testing during Operation Dominic I and II. Operation Dominic I and II would follow Operation Nougat, with some testing overlap. Operation Hardtack II preceded...
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    the British tests during Operation Grapple, the United States used Christmas Island for nuclear testing in Operation Dominic in 1962. Twenty-four nuclear...
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    in the vicinity of Christmas Island and Johnston Atoll as part of Operation Dominic I. Though these tests were not conducted in the Marshall Islands,...
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    18, 1952. In 1962 NAS Barbers Point was used as a staging base for Operation Dominic. Experimental nuclear weapons were loaded into two B-52s at Barbers...
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    of five high-altitude tests grouped together as Operation Fishbowl within the larger Operation Dominic, a series of tests in 1962 begun in response to...
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    been exposed to asbestos. Sailors who participated in Operation Crossroads or Operation Dominic while aboard the Conserver may have been exposed to radiation...
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    participated in Operation Crossroads, Operation Castle, and Operation Dominic USS Cree participated in Operation Wigwam and Operation Dominic USS Lipan participated...
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    Saint Dominic, OP (Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (Spanish: [ɡuθˈman]), was a Castilian Catholic...
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    1962 as part of "Operation Fishbowl," a part of "Operation Dominic" nuclear weapons tests in the Pacific. The first launch in "Operation Fishbowl" was a...
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  • Operation Swordfish or Operation Dominic Swordfish was the May 11, 1962 operational test of the nuclear ASROC anti-submarine weapon system. The ASROC uses...
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    (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Operation Sunbeam (also known as Operation Dominic II) was a series of four nuclear tests conducted at...
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    actually carried out by the United Kingdom at the NTS; four aborted tests in Operation Fishbowl; one test, Anvil/Peninsula, that jammed during lowering in its...
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    Hill participated in Operation Ivy and Operation Dominic USS Fort Marion participated in Operation Wigwam and Operation Dominic USS Mount McKinley participated...
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    Government Films: Operation Argus Operation Dominic Starfish Prime Operation Fishbowl Operation Dominic – Christmas Island Operation Dominic – Johnston Island...
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  • Frigate Bird (6 May 1962) a nuclear bomb explosion test, part of Operation Dominic USS Frigate Bird, a U.S. Navy ship name Search for "frigatebird"  or...
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    existing Bassoon device that was test fired in the Zuni and Tewa shots of Operation Redwing. Stockpiling of this new weapon was planned for January 1959....
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    W56 demonstrated its efficiency in the XW-56-X2 Bluestone shot of Operation Dominic in 1962. Production of the Mod 1 warhead began in March 1963. The...
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    device was similar to that used in the Bluestone and Swanee tests of Operation Dominic conducted days and months prior to Sedan respectively, and was therefore...
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    Severn (AO-61) Taluga (AO-62) Chipola (AO-63), Operation Dominic participant Tolovana (AO-64), Operation Dominic participant Allagash (AO-97) Caloosahatchee (AO-98)...
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    when over 4,000 American servicemen were on the island as part of Operation Dominic, the village became known as Banana for unclear reasons.[failed verification]...
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    with a live W47 warhead was tested in the "Frigate Bird" test of Operation Dominic by USS Ethan Allen in the central Pacific Ocean, the only American...
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  • anime and manga series Eureka Seven Dominic Toretto, a character from The Fast and the Furious Operation Dominic I and II, a series of 105 nuclear test...
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    USS Salamonie (AO-26) USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) USS Albemarle (AV-5) Hardtack Teak Operation Dominic I and II HAARP List of artificial radiation belts Aurora § Conjugate...
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    conducted 22 successful nuclear detonations over the island as part of Operation Dominic in 1962. Some toponyms (like Banana and Main Camp) come from the nuclear...
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    from USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) as part of the nuclear test series Operation Dominic. The first Soviet SSBN with 16 missiles was the Project 667A (Yankee...
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    in February 1962. The following summer, the oiler participated in "Operation Dominic", a nuclear test conducted at Christmas Island May to July 1962. After...
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    com. Retrieved May 20, 2024. "Ripple" (PNG). "Postulated Ripple design (Dominic Housatonic)" (PNG). "Nuclear weapon design", Wikipedia, May 28, 2024, retrieved...
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    W56 demonstrated its efficiency in the XW-56X2 Bluestone shot of Operation Dominic in 1962, thus, from information available in the public domain, the...
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