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[[File:Plumbbob-Stokes barrage balloon.jpg|thumb|U.S. Navy Goodyear ZSG-3 Blimp is shown with the Stokes cloud in background. The dirigible was in temporary free flight in excess of five miles from ground zero when collapsed by the shock wave from the blast. The airship was unmanned and was used in military effects experiments on blast and heat. On ground to the left are remains of the forward section.]]'''Stokes''' was a nuclear weapons test by the United States | [[File:Plumbbob-Stokes barrage balloon.jpg|thumb|U.S. Navy Goodyear ZSG-3 Blimp is shown with the Stokes cloud in background. The dirigible was in temporary free flight in excess of five miles from ground zero when collapsed by the shock wave from the blast. The airship was unmanned and was used in military effects experiments on blast and heat. On ground to the left are remains of the forward section.]]'''Stokes''' was a nuclear weapons test conducted by the United States on 7 August 1957. | ||
It was part of [[Operation Plumbbob (nonfiction)|Operation Plumbbob]]. | It was part of [[Operation Plumbbob (nonfiction)|Operation Plumbbob]]. | ||
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File:Palomares H-Bomb airships.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigibles|New species of [[Carnivorous dirigibles]] discovered at the Stokes nuclear weapon test site. | |||
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* [[Operation Plumbbob (nonfiction)]] | * [[Operation Plumbbob (nonfiction)]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:06, 11 December 2017
U.S. Navy Goodyear ZSG-3 Blimp is shown with the Stokes cloud in background. The dirigible was in temporary free flight in excess of five miles from ground zero when collapsed by the shock wave from the blast. The airship was unmanned and was used in military effects experiments on blast and heat. On ground to the left are remains of the forward section.
Stokes was a nuclear weapons test conducted by the United States on 7 August 1957.
It was part of Operation Plumbbob.
In the News
New species of Carnivorous dirigibles discovered at the Stokes nuclear weapon test site.
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External links:
- Operation Plumbbob @ Wikipedia