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50 Ton test
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Date: 18/07/1963 |
Type: Hig-Ex, Tower @43m |
Yield: 0.05Kt
Operation Blowdown was a joint UK-US-Australian operation at Iron Range in northern Queensland, Australia. The test was conducted to simulate the effects of a small nuclear detonation over a rainforest. It involved the detonation of 50 tons of TNT atop a 43 meter tower. The explosion turned the surrounding forest into a twisted knot making troop movements almost impossible.
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Published on: 2005-12-20 (51213 reads) [ Go Back ] |
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