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Poster for Military Effects Studies on Operation CASTLE (1954)

Military Effects Studies on Operation CASTLE (1954)

1954 · Short film · 38 min

  • War
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Operation CASTLE was a six-detonation test series held at the Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) Pacific Proving Ground in the Spring of 1954. This test series, principally conducted at the Enewetak and Bikini Atolls in the northwestern Marshall Islands, provided proof tests of large-yield thermonuclear, or hydrogen, devices. CASTLE represented the end of a drive for a workable thermonuclear weapon and the beginning of the refinement of large-H-bombs into smaller and more efficient weapons. After…

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Licensed??? · junya · 2010-12-12

What is the basis for this license claim? The Trinity and Crossroads film reports are public domain. How is this Castle report distinguished from those reports?

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