OPERATION REDWING
BRIEFING FOR UK ~- CANADA - PJBD
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The purpose of this briefing is to acquaint you with the
operational concept and organization for Operation REDWING,
REDWING is the code name for a series cf atomic tests to be
conducted in the Pacific Proving Ground this coming Spring and
Summer by JTF-7.
Joint Task Force SEVEN, which will conduct REDWING, is
the permanent organization established 31 March 1953 by the
Joint Chiefs of Staff for conducting atomic tests outside
continental limits of the United States.
action,
the
Prior to this J¢S
overseas tests were conducted by temporary task foress
brought together as
the need arose,
This
is the seventh overseas
test; previous ones have been under the Army three times
the
Navy twice, and the Air Force once, REDWING is under the
Executive agency of the Navy.
Separately, and under different
sponsorhip, there have been 5 tests in the U.S. at the Nevada
Test Site;
these mostly of devices
normally detonated overseas.
of lower yield than those
The over-all briefing is classified
as SECRET R. D.
Of the six overseas tests, with tne exception of WIGWAM all
were held in what is now known as the Pacific Proving Ground.
WIGWAM, a one~shot under-water detonation, off the coast of
Souther California, was of primary interest to the Navy and
conducted by them even though operational responsibility rested
with JTF-7.