HI 112, Fall 2011 Tona hangen Worcester state http://tonahangen.com/wsc/us2 The Cold War: Americans and the Bomb

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1962 handbook

Ranger series 27 Jan 1951 – 6 Feb 1951 Buster-Jangle, fall 1951 Tumbler-Snapper, spring 1952 Upshot-Knothole, 17 March – June 4, 1953 (included several “dirty blasts” including “Dirty Harry”) Teapot, Feb 1955 Plumbbob, April 1957 Hardtack II – early 1958 Below-Ground testing continues into 1970s Upshot-Knothole “Nancy” Above-ground testing, Nevada Range

21-kiloton “Dog” test, 1 Nov 1951 (Buster-Jangles series)

View of a test (1953?) from downtown Las Vegas

“Grable” – 25 May 1953 – airburst, 15 kiloton

Where the “downwinders” lived