Essai nucléaire

Yankee (United States)

4 mai 1954 · Bikini

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Quand
4 mai 1954
Type
Essai nucléaire
Puissance (kt)
13 500
Position
Bikini
Coordonnées
11.35° N, 165.20° E
Yield kt
13500
Purpose
weapons development programme
Reported by
DOE

Castle Yankee

1954 test of thermonuclear bomb

Castle Yankee was the code name given to one of the tests in the Operation Castle series of American tests of thermonuclear bombs. It was originally intended as a test of a TX-16/EC-16 Jughead bomb, but the design became obsolete after the Castle Bravo test was successful.

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