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Operation Dominic FRIGATE BIRD, 1962
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Title: Operation Dominic FRIGATE BIRD, 1962
Caption: The image of the Frigate Bird mushroom cloud was taken through the periscope of the USS Carbonero (SS-337) 480 nm ENE of Christmas Island. The Carbonero (along with the USS Medregal, SS-480) was within 30 miles of the burst point. Frigate Bird was the only US test of an operational ballistic missile with a live warhead. This test involved firing a Polaris A1 missile from a ballistic missile submarine. The missile was launched by the USS Ethan Allen from a position 1500 nm east-northeast of Christmas Island on May 6, 1962. Operation Dominic was a series of 31 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1962 by the United States in the Pacific. This test series was scheduled quickly, in order to respond in kind to the Soviet resumption of testing after the tacit 1958-1961 test moratorium. Most of these shots were conducted with free-fall bombs dropped from B-52 bomber aircraft. Operation Dominic occurred during a period of high Cold War tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, since the Cuban Bay of Pigs Invasion had occurred not long before. Nikita Khrushchev announced the end of a three year moratorium on nuclear testing on August 30, 1961. President John F. Kennedy responded by authorizing Operation Dominic. It was the largest nuclear weapons testing program ever conducted by the United States, and the last atmospheric test series conducted by the U.S., as the Limited Test Ban Treaty was signed in Moscow the following year.
Category: RESEARCH • History: United States
Credit: Album / DOE/Science Source
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Image size: 3072 × 3600 px | 31.6 MB
Print size: 26.0 × 30.5 cm | 1209.4 × 1417.3 in (300 dpi)
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