Militäroperation

Operation Blowdown

18. Juli 1963 · 12.75° S, 143.28° E

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18. Juli 1963
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Militäroperation
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12.75° S, 143.28° E
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1963 Australian test explosion

Operation Blowdown

Australian test explosion

Operation Blowdown was an explosives test carried out in the Kutini-Payamu jungle of Australia's Cape York Peninsula in 1963, to simulate the effects of a nuclear weapon on tropical rainforest. It was conducted by the Australian Army, the Department of Supply, and the Defence Standards Laboratory with participation from the United Kingdom, Canada and United States.

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