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FACT SHEET
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REDWING was a l7-detonation nuclear weapon test series
(see table} held at
the Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) Pacific Proving Ground (PPG)
and summer 1956.
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in spring
The PPG consisted principally of Enewetak* and Bikini atolls
. in the northwestern Marshall Islands in the Central Pacific Ocean.
REDWING test events, 19562
Assigned
Name
LACROSSE
Bikini; airdrop near Nam Island
Bikini; surface on Eneman isiand
tnewetak; tower on Acmon Island
Enewetak; tower on Runit Isiand
Enewetak; surface on Boxen Island
Bikini; barge of Iroij Island
Enewetak; tower on runit Island
Enewetak; tower on Aomon Island
OSAGE
APACHE |
NAVAJO
TEWA
HURON
Note:
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Enewetak; surface on Runit Island
CHEROKEE
ZUNI
"SY OMA
ERIE
SEMINOLE
FLATHEAD
BLACKFOOT
KICKAPOO
INCA
DAKOTA
MOHAWK
Location
Enewetak; airdrop over Runit Island
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Enewetak; tower on Lujor Island
Bikini; barge off Iroij Island
Enewetak; tower on Eleleron Island
Enewetak; baroe off Dridrilbwij Island
Bikini; barge off Iroij Island
Bikini; barge over Nam Isiand reef
Enewetak; barge off Dridrilbwij Island
“Yields not announced except:
Date
(local time)
5 May
Zl
28
28
31
6
“12
12
14
May
May
May
May
June .
June
June
June
16 June
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22 June
26 June
3 July
9 July
ll July
21 July
22 July
LACROSSE (40 KT), CHEROKEE ("sev-
eral MT"), ZUNI (3.5 MT), SEMINOLE (13.7 KT}, TEWA (5 MT}. Qne
kiloton equals the approximate energy release af the axplosion
of one thousand tons of TNT; one mecaton equals the approximate
eneray release of the explosion of one million tons of TNT.
* The spelling of Marshall Island place names has changed in recent
years in
order tO more accurately render the sounds of che Marsnali Isiand names using
mnagiisn spelling.
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