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Shot HOOD was a test of a 74-kiloton nuclear device conducted at 0440 hours Pacific Daylight Time on 5 July 1957 at the Nevada Test Site, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission continental nuclear test area located northwest of Las Vegas. HOOD was the sixth nuclear test of Operation PLUMBBOB, a series of 24 nuclear weapons tests and six safety experiments conducted between 24 April and 7 October 1957. The HOOD nuclear device was sponsored, designed, and built for the Atomic Energy Commission bv the University of California Radiation Laboratory (UCRL). The primary objective of the HOOD test was to evaluate nuclear yield and blast, thermal, and radiation phenomena.
To fulfill this objective, UCRL and the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory fielded scientific and diagnostic experiments to study the characteristics of the detonation.
The Armed Forces Special Weapons Project of the Department of Defense also performed experiments to determine the effects of the detonation on military equipment, material, structures, and ordnance. Other activities at Shot HOOD included Exercise Desert Rock VII. As part of this exercise, the armed services fielded eight projects to evaluate military equipment and tactics. In one project, the Marine Corps conducted a troop maneuver in the test area immediately after the detonation. This maneuver, which involved a Marine brigade and supporting units, included helicopter airlifts of assault troops, tactical air support, and air resupply. This was the largest single military! activity in Operation PLUMBBOB.
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Shot HOOD was a test of a 74-kiloton nuclear device conducted at 0440 hours Pacific Daylight Time on 5 July 1957 at the Nevada Test Site, the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission continental nuclear test area located northwest of Las Vegas. HOOD was the sixth nuclear test of Operation PLUMBBOB, a series of 24 nuclear weapons tests and six safety experiments conducted between 24 April and 7 October 1957. The HOOD nuclear device was sponsored, designed, and built for the Atomic Energy Commission bv the University of California Radiation Laboratory (UCRL). The primary objective of the HOOD test was to evaluate nuclear yield and blast, thermal, and radiation phenomena.
To fulfill this objective, UCRL and the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory fielded scientific and diagnostic experiments to study the characteristics of the detonation.
The Armed Forces Special Weapons Project of the Department of Defense also performed experiments to determine the effects of the detonation on military equipment, material, structures, and ordnance. Other activities at Shot HOOD included Exercise Desert Rock VII. As part of this exercise, the armed services fielded eight projects to evaluate military equipment and tactics. In one project, the Marine Corps conducted a troop maneuver in the test area immediately after the detonation. This maneuver, which involved a Marine brigade and supporting units, included helicopter airlifts of assault troops, tactical air support, and air resupply. This was the largest single military! activity in Operation PLUMBBOB.
#NuclearWeapons #Documentary #AtomicBomb #Atomic #Bomb #History #Science #Nuclear #Detonation #Thermonuclear #Radiation #Movie #Rare #Footage #HydrogenBomb #Hydrogen #Energy #Film #Entertainment #Effect #Underwater #NuclearExplosion #NuclearTesting #AlbertEinstein #Oppenheimer #LosAlamos #NationalSecurityScience #TNT #USA #China #UK #Canada #Soviet
#Nuclear #NuclearWeapon #Blast #Rare #Footage #Film #2020 #2021 #burst #Cloud #MushroomCloud #ShockWave #Shock #Videos #Book #History #Coldwar
#History #Biden #Education
