Castle Bravo
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Castle Bravo was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Castle. Detonated on 1 Mar
The SHRIMP device in its shot cab
Shot-cab installation of SHRIMP device, with humans for scale
Bravo SHRIMP device shot-cab
SHRIMP device delivered via truck awaiting installation
Operation Castle
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Operation Castle was a United States series of high-yield nuclear tests by Joint Task Force 7 at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954. It followed Operation Upshot–Knothole and preceded Operation Teap
Castle Bravo
…was the first in a series of high-yield thermonuclear weapon design tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as part of Operation Castle. Detonated on 1 March 1954, the device remains the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States and the first lithium deuteride–fueled…
Unknown device tested in Castle. The device may be Runt (Romeo) or Runt II (Yankee).