Chad Irby wrote:
In article ,
Blinky the Shark wrote:

The question arose about whether or not there
were any US fusion bombs
dropped from aircraft for testing purposes.


The earliest fusion weapon drop I found, the
Cherokee test, in May 1956,
was a 3.8 megaton bomb dropped by a B-52.

The tests in Operation Dominic featured a number
of airdropped fusion
devices. A number of these were tests of the
warheads for the Minuteman
missile.

A good source for nuke tests is:

http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/

That's where I got the info above.

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Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be
hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.
Project CHEROKEE was a B-36 drop: the movie Trinity and Beyond has footage
of the test, including the drop from the plane.

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