Castle Romeo
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Castle Romeo was the code name given to one of the tests in the Operation Castle series of U.S. nuclear tests. It was the first test of the TX-17 thermonuclear weapon, the first deployed thermonuclear
Castle Romeo mushroom cloud
The Runt device
Iconic image of the Castle Romeo mushroom cloud, 27 March 1954
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 Romeo
…Castle Romeo was the code name given to one of the tests in the Operation Castle series of U.S. nuclear tests. It was the first test of the TX-17 thermonuclear weapon, the first deployed thermonuclear bomb. It was detonated on 26…
Bravo SHRIMP device shot cab
Shrimp (Bravo) device in its shot cab
Shrimp (Bravo) device being unloaded from a truck
Unknown device tested in Castle. The device may be Runt (Romeo) or Runt II (Yankee).