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Country
USA
Operation
Plumbbob
Date
1957-09-16
Yield
12 kT
USA - Plumbbob - Newton
Device Type: Boosted fission Device: XW-31 Sounds like a fizzle but no one says so.
Base info
USA
Plumbbob
Operation Plumbbob - 12 kT out of 345 kT
3.5%
Locations
NTS
Areas 1-4
6-10 (Yucca Flat)
Purposes
Weapon Development
Military tests
Deliveries
Atmospheric
Air
Balloon
NTS Areas 1-4 6-10 (Yucca Flat) Map