Yuma

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Yuma was a U.S. nuclear test conducted as part of Operation Redwing in 1956 at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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Yuma canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf nuclear weapons test
underground nuclear test
administeredBy Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
associatedWith U.S.–Marshall Islands relations
thermonuclear weapons development
category 1956 in the Marshall Islands
Nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll
United States military history of the Cold War
continent Oceania
country United States
date 1956
followedBy Tewa (nuclear test)
impact radioactive contamination of test area
location Bikini Atoll
Marshall Islands
namedAfter Yuma (place name in the United States)
linked to: Yuma, Arizona
operator United States Atomic Energy Commission
United States Department of Defense
partOf Operation Redwing
United States nuclear weapons testing program
precededBy Cherokee (nuclear test)
purpose weapons development
testEnvironment underground
testSeries Operation Redwing
testSite Pacific Proving Grounds
testType weapons effects test
timePeriod Cold War

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