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Nuclear explosion Gum Drop data
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Country
USA
Operation
Whetstone
Date
1965-04-21
Yield
20 kT
USA - Whetstone - Gum Drop
Venting: 9k Ci detected
Base info
USA
Whetstone
Operation Whetstone - 20 kT out of 604 kT
3.3%
Locations
NTS
Area 16 (Shoshone Mtn)
U16a.02
Area 16 (Shoshone Mtn) - 20 kT out of 116 kT
17%
U16a.02 - 20 kT out of 20 kT
100%
Purposes
Weapon effect
Military tests
Deliveries
Underground
Underground tunnel
NTS Area 16 (Shoshone Mtn) U16a.02 Map