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[[File:Long_Shot_film_still.jpg|thumb|Film still from a DOE film about Project Long Shot, part of the Amchitka testing program. The dirt is being displaced by an 80 kiloton nuclear test.]]'''Long Shot''' (or '''Flintlock Long Shot''') was a nuclear weapons test in Amchitka, Alaska on October 2, | [[File:Long_Shot_film_still.jpg|thumb|Film still from a DOE film about Project Long Shot, part of the Amchitka testing program. The dirt is being displaced by an 80 kiloton nuclear test.]]'''Long Shot''' (or '''Flintlock Long Shot''') was a nuclear weapons test in Amchitka, Alaska on October 2, 1965. | ||
It was part of the Project Flintlock series of 47 nuclear weapons tests, which occurred at various sites. | It was part of the Project Flintlock series of 47 nuclear weapons tests, which occurred at various sites. | ||
Revision as of 21:30, 4 November 2017
Long Shot (or Flintlock Long Shot) was a nuclear weapons test in Amchitka, Alaska on October 2, 1965.
It was part of the Project Flintlock series of 47 nuclear weapons tests, which occurred at various sites.
Other nuclear weapons tests at Amchitka include Cannikin, detonated on November 6, 1971.
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External links:
- Cannikin @ Wikipedia