Posted on 03/04/2009 9:57:26 AM PST by Notoriously Conservative
(Video on Site)
http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com/2009/03/video-nuke-bomb-tests-argus-wigwam.html
Wigwam:
Operation Wigwam involved a single test of the Mark 90 Betty nuclear bomb. It was conducted between Operation Teapot and Operation Redwing on May 14, 1955, about 500 miles southwest of San Diego, California. 6,800 personnel aboard 30 ships were involved in Wigwam. The purpose of Wigwam was to determine the vulnerability of submarines to deeply-detonated nuclear weapons, and to evaluate More..the feasibility of using such weapons in a combat situation. The task force commander, Admiral Sylvester, was embarked on the task force flagship USS Mount McKinley (AGC-7)Template:WP Ships USS instances.
The test device was suspended by a 2,000 foot cable under a barge. A six-mile tow line connected a fleet tug, the Tawasa, and the shot barge itself. Suspended from the tow lines of other tugs were three miniature unmanned submarines named "Squaws", each packed with cameras and telemetry instruments.
The time of detonation was 1300 hrs Pacific Time. The test was carried out without incident, and radiation effects were negligible. The device yielded 30 kilotons. Only three personnel received doses of over 0.5 rems.
Argus:
Operation Argus was a series of nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted during August and September of 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean by the United States's Defense Nuclear Agency, in conjunction with the Explorer 4 space mission. Operation Argus was conducted between the nuclear test series Operation Hardtack I and Operation Hardtack II. Contractors from Lockheed Aircraft Corporation as well as a few personnel and contractors from the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission were on hand as well. The time frame for Argus was substantially expedited due to the instability of the political environment [bans on atmospheric and exoatmospheric testing were forthcoming]. Consequently, the tests were conducted within a mere half year of conception (whereas "normal" testing took one to two years).
Around 2 hours of footage.
We’ll meet again, don’t know where, don’t know when
But I’m sure we’ll meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through, just the way you used to do
Till the blue skies chase the dark clouds far away
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Ping to watch later. I’m an atom bomb aficionado. Just an engineer who is intriged about how they work.
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Sounds a bit more dangerous than being a cigar aficionado. ;-)
Whoa! Talk about Ground Beef.
Ping and Mark for later viewing.
Placemarker to watch later.
Bookmark for later..........
interesting but very dated. The 30 kiloton weapon is very small compared to the average weapons today which are around 500 kilotons.
bump for later
I have all the nuclear tests both U.S and Russia
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