Tumbler-Snapper Dog atomic test, 1952. Aerial view of the detonation, fireball and mushroom cloud from this atomic bomb test, which took place on 1 May 1952, at the Nevada Test Site, USA. Codenamed Dog, and dropped from the air, it was the 4th test in the Operation Tumbler-Snapper series. It had a yield of 19 kilotons. It was also part of the Desert Rock IV exercise involving troop nuclear battlefield training. Also visible are the vertical smoke trails used to track the shockwave from the detonation. | |
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