- Map all
coordinates in "Operation
Plumbbob"
using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary...
- A
plumb bob,
plumb bob level, or plummet, is a weight,
usually with a
pointed tip on the bottom,
suspended from a
string and used as a
vertical direction...
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Plumbbob Hood, also
known by the
Defense Threat Reduction Agency as Shot HOOD, was a top-secret
nuclear test
conducted in Area 9 of the
Yucca Flat at the...
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crews as the "dum-dum". A live
Genie was
detonated only once, in
Operation Plumbbob on 19 July 1957. It was
fired by USAF
Captain Eric
William Hutchison (pilot)...
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travelling as far as 140 mi (225 km) from
ground zero. On 26 July 1957,
Plumbbob Pascal-A was
detonated at the
bottom of a 486 ft (148 m) shaft. According...
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Force Range in 1957,
following Operation Redwing, and
preceding Operation Plumbbob. The test area, also
known as Area 13, was a 10
miles (16 km) by 16 miles...
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shaft during an
underground nuclear test in 1957.
During the
Operation Plumbbob nuclear tests, a 900-kilogram (1,984 lb)
steel plate cap was
blasted off...
- Bibcode:1998S&GS....7....1N. doi:10.1080/08929889808426448. "Operation
Plumbbob".
Nuclear Weapon Archive. July 2003.
Retrieved July 31, 2006. Brownlee...
- Area 9, the 74-kiloton "Hood" test on July 5, 1957, part of
Operation Plumbbob, was the
largest atmospheric test ever
conducted within the continental...
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weapon effects tests at the
Nevada Test Site (NTS)
during the
Operation Plumbbob series of
tests in 1957. K-40, K-46, K-77 and K-92 were destro**** in Project...
