Airdropped Fusion Devices

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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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/

Thanks, Chad; I'll check the site out. And thanks for the above data.

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Blinky the Shark wrote:
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/

Thanks, Chad; I'll check the site out. And
thanks for the above data.

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RU 297263
Nixon's secretary now at MS? http://snurl.com/rosemary
Blinky, did you find the reply I gave to your original post? If not, Project
CHEORKEE was a B-36 drop of the 3.6 MT weapon. Find the movie Trinity and
Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie. It has footage of the test, including the
test plane and the actual drop from the aircraft.

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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.

--


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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