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Operation Tumbler-Snapper was planned and conducted to diversify and thus strengthen the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The continuing development of nuclear technology was deemed important because the postwar defense policy of the United States rested largely upon nuclear weapons rather than a large standing army. The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission strongly advocated the development of nuclear devices for tactical purposes.
Tumbler-Snapper was the third series of nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site. The series was conducted between April 1, 1952 and June 5, 1952 and involved eight nuclear detonations in two separate phases. The first phase, Tumbler, was conducted by the Department of Defense (DOD) and consisted of four weapons effects shots. The four Tumbler shots were airdropped from B-50 aircraft and detonated over Frenchman and Yucca Flats. These devices were detonated to collect data on the effect of the height of burst on overpressure. The code names of the Tumbler shots were Able, Baker, Charlie. Shots Charlie and Dog were also part of the Snapper phase.
The second phase, Snapper, was primarily a weapons development operation conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL). The four Snapper shots Dog, Easy, Fox, George, and How. During Operations Sandstone (1948), Greenhouse (1951), and Buster-Jangle (1951), unexpected anomalies on blast over pressure and arrival times from airbursts were observed. Gathering further data on these anomalies was one of the primary goals of the Tumbler phase. The first two shots, Able and Baker, were 1 kiloton shots fired to develop scaling laws for future reference. All of the test devices were fired in the Mk-4 heavy bomb.
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Operation Tumbler-Snapper was planned and conducted to diversify and thus strengthen the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The continuing development of nuclear technology was deemed important because the postwar defense policy of the United States rested largely upon nuclear weapons rather than a large standing army. The Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission strongly advocated the development of nuclear devices for tactical purposes.
Tumbler-Snapper was the third series of nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site. The series was conducted between April 1, 1952 and June 5, 1952 and involved eight nuclear detonations in two separate phases. The first phase, Tumbler, was conducted by the Department of Defense (DOD) and consisted of four weapons effects shots. The four Tumbler shots were airdropped from B-50 aircraft and detonated over Frenchman and Yucca Flats. These devices were detonated to collect data on the effect of the height of burst on overpressure. The code names of the Tumbler shots were Able, Baker, Charlie. Shots Charlie and Dog were also part of the Snapper phase.
The second phase, Snapper, was primarily a weapons development operation conducted by the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL). The four Snapper shots Dog, Easy, Fox, George, and How. During Operations Sandstone (1948), Greenhouse (1951), and Buster-Jangle (1951), unexpected anomalies on blast over pressure and arrival times from airbursts were observed. Gathering further data on these anomalies was one of the primary goals of the Tumbler phase. The first two shots, Able and Baker, were 1 kiloton shots fired to develop scaling laws for future reference. All of the test devices were fired in the Mk-4 heavy bomb.
#NuclearWeapons #Documentary #AtomicBomb #Atomic #Bomb #History #Science #Nuclear #Detonation #Thermonuclear #Radiation #Doomsday #Movie #Rare #Footage #HydrogenBomb #Hydrogen #Energy #Film #Entertainment #Effect #Underwater #NuclearExplosion #NuclearTesting #AlbertEinstein #Oppenheimer #LosAlamos #NationalSecurityScience #TNT #USA #China #UK #Canada #Soviet
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