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Previous high-altitude nuclear tests: TEAK, ORANGE, and YUCCA, plus the three ARGUS shots were poorly instrumented and hastily executed. Despite thorough studies of the meager data, present models of these bursts are sketchy and tentative. These models are too uncertain to permit extrapolation to other altitudes and yields with any confidence. Thus there is a strong need, not only for better instrumentation, but for further tests covering a range of altitudes and yields.
A substantial amount of debris fell on and in the water around Johnston Island. Navy Explosive Ordance Disposal and Underwater Demolition Team swimmers spent 2 weeks recovering debris from the lagoon waters around the island. They recovered approximately 250 pieces of the system, some of which were plutonium-contaminated.
The Soviet Union had abrogated the 34 month old de facto nuclear testing moratorium on 1 September 1961, by initiating an unprecedented series of atmospheric nuclear tests.
The Soviet Union had abrogated the 34 month old de facto nuclear testing moratorium on 1 September 1961, by initiating an unprecedented series of atmospheric nuclear tests.
Previous high-altitude nuclear tests: TEAK, ORANGE, and YUCCA, plus the three ARGUS shots were poorly instrumented and hastily executed. Despite thorough studies of the meager data, present models of these bursts are sketchy and tentative. These models are too uncertain to permit extrapolation to other altitudes and yields with any confidence. Thus there is a strong need, not only for better instrumentation, but for further tests covering a range of altitudes and yields.
A substantial amount of debris fell on and in the water around Johnston Island. Navy Explosive Ordance Disposal and Underwater Demolition Team swimmers spent 2 weeks recovering debris from the lagoon waters around the island. They recovered approximately 250 pieces of the system, some of which were plutonium-contaminated.
