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Shot BADGER : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 18 April 1953 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.

Title
Shot BADGER : a test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE series, 18 April 1953 / prepared by the Defense Nuclear Agency as executive agency for the Department of Defense.
Publication
[Washington, D.C.] : The Agency ; [Springfield, Va.] : [For sale by the National Technical Information Service], [1982]

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Additional Authors
  • JRB Associates.
  • United States. Defense Nuclear Agency.
Description
98 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
This report describes the activities of DoD personnel in Shot BADGER, the sixth nuclear test in the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE atmospheric nuclear weapons testing series. The test, conducted on 18 April 1953, involved military personnel in Exercise Desert Rock V, AFSWP, AFSWC, and AEC test activities. The largest activity was the 2d Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade maneuver involving 2,167 Marines.
Subjects
Note
  • Cover title.
  • "JRB Associates"--Report documentation page.
  • "United States Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Tests, Nuclear Test Personnel Review."
  • "DNA 6015F."
  • "Contract no. DNA 001-79-C-0473"--Report documentation page.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-80).
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries