Operation Redwing

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Operation Redwing was a 1956 U.S. series of atmospheric nuclear tests in the Pacific Proving Grounds designed to evaluate advanced thermonuclear weapon designs and delivery systems.

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Operation Redwing canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military operation
nuclear test series
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endTime 1956-07-21
followedBy Operation Plumbbob
hasEffect radioactive contamination of test sites
location Bikini Atoll
Enewetak Atoll
Pacific Proving Grounds
maximumYield approximately 15 megatons of TNT equivalent
militaryBranchInvolved United States Air Force
United States Army
United States Navy
notableTest Apache
Blackfoot
Cherokee
Dakota
Erie
Flathead
Huron
Inca
Kickapoo
Lacrosse
Mohawk
Navajo language
surface form: Navajo

Osage Nation
surface form: Osage

Redwing-Buffalo
Seminole
Tewa
Yuma
Zuni
numberOfTests 17
operator United States Atomic Energy Commission
Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense
partOf Cold War nuclear testing
Pacific Proving Grounds nuclear testing program
precededBy Operation Wigwam
purpose evaluation of advanced thermonuclear weapon designs
evaluation of nuclear weapon delivery systems
startTime 1956-05-05
subjectOf declassified U.S. government reports
temporalLocation 1956
testedCapability strategic bomber delivery of thermonuclear weapons
weaponized hydrogen bomb designs
testEnvironment atmosphere
barge shot
surface burst
tower shot
testType atmospheric nuclear test
thermonuclear test

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Enewetak Atoll testSeriesConducted Operation Redwing
Runit Dome associatedWith Operation Redwing
Pacific Proving Grounds notableEvent Operation Redwing
Operation Plumbbob precededBy Operation Redwing