Operation Redwing

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Operation Redwing
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Redwing-Cherokee, 3.8Mt. First air-deployed thermonuclear weapons test by the United States.
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  • Aomon (Sally), Enewetak Atoll
  • Bokon (Irene), Enewetak Atoll
  • Ebiriru (Ruby), Enewetak Atoll
  • Elugelab (Flora), Enewetak Atoll
  • Eninmen (Tare), Bikini Atoll
  • Namu (Charlie), Bikini Atoll
  • NE Lagoon, Bikini Atoll
  • Rujoru (Pearl), Enewetak Atoll
  • Runit (Yvonne), Enewetak Atoll
  • Yurochi aka Irioj (Dog), Bikini Atoll
Period1956
Number of tests17
Test typebarge, dry surface, free air drop, tower
Max. yield5 megatonnes of TNT (21 PJ)
Test series chronology
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Operation Redwing was a United States series of 17 nuclear test detonations from May to July 1956. They were conducted at Bikini and Enewetak atolls by Joint Task Force 7 (JTF7).[1] The entire operation followed Project 56 and preceded Project 57. The primary intention was to test new, second-generation thermonuclear weapons. Also tested were fission devices intended to be used as primaries for thermonuclear weapons, and small tactical weapons for air defense. Redwing demonstrated the first United States airdrop of a deliverable hydrogen bomb during test Cherokee. Because the yields for many tests at Operation Castle in 1954 were dramatically higher than predictions, Redwing was conducted using an "energy budget": There were limits to the total amount of energy released, and the amount of fission yield was also strictly controlled. Fission, primarily "fast" fission of the natural uranium tamper surrounding the fusion capsule, greatly increases the yield of thermonuclear devices, and constitutes the great majority of the fallout, as nuclear fusion is a relatively clean reaction.

All shots were named after various Native American tribes.

Redwing series tests

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United States' Redwing series tests and detonations
Name [note 1] Date time (UT) Local time zone[note 2][2] Location[note 3] Elevation + height [note 4] Delivery [note 5]
Purpose [note 6] 		Device[note 7] Yield[note 8] Fallout[note 9] References Notes
Lacrosse Template:Dts 18:25:29.9 MHT (11 hrs)
 Runit (Yvonne), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".2 m (6 ft 7 in) + 5 m (16 ft) dry surface,
weapons development 		TX-39 primary Script error: No such module "sort". [3][4][5][6][7] Mockup of the TX-39. Left a visible Crater off Runit Island, next to Cactus Dome, 600 ft (180 m) in diameter.
Cherokee Template:Dts 17:50:38.7 MHT (11 hrs)
 Namu (Charlie), Bikini Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".0 + 1,320 m (4,330 ft) free air drop,
weapons development 		TX-15-X1 Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7][8][9] The United States' first air deliverable thermonuclear device. Navigation error landed weapon 4 mi (6.4 km) off aim point (Namu), negated effects data gathering and placing unprotected military personnel facing the blast they had been arranged to have their backs to. The air force identified the test technician that disclosed the miss as Airman First Class Jackson H. Kilgore, for which he was reprimanded. Effects test, but also an international political statement about readiness to drop thermonuclear weapons.
Zuni Template:Dts 17:56:00.3 MHT (11 hrs)
 Eninmen (Tare), Bikini Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".2 m (6 ft 7 in) + 3 m (9.8 ft) dry surface,
weapons development 		Mk-41 Bassoon Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] First test of 3 stage device. Clean version using lead tamper, 85% fusion; Tewa is dirty version of same bomb. Design evolved into Mk-41, largest deployed US bomb.
Yuma Template:Dts 19:56:?? MHT (11 hrs)
 Aomon (Sally), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".2 m (6 ft 7 in) + 60 m (200 ft) tower,
weapons development 		Swift Script error: No such module "sort". [3][4][5][6][7] Smallest (5 in (130 mm) diameter), lightest (96 lb (44 kg)) air defense warhead to date, a boosted, asymmetrical linear implosion device. Fizzled when boost didn't work.
Erie Template:Dts 18:15:29.3 MHT (11 hrs)
 Runit (Yvonne), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".2 m (6 ft 7 in) + 90 m (300 ft) tower,
weapons development 		TX-28C primary Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] Test of boosted primary for TX-28C (for "clean") thermonuke.
Seminole Template:Dts 00:55:30.0 MHT (11 hrs)
 Bokon (Irene), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".2 m (6 ft 7 in) + 2 m (6 ft 7 in) dry surface,
weapons development 		TX-28 primary Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] Exploded in a water tank to simulate underground nuke test. Left crater 660 ft × 32 ft (201.2 m × 9.8 m).
Blackfoot Template:Dts 18:26:00.3 MHT (11 hrs)
 Runit (Yvonne), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".2 m (6 ft 7 in) + 60 m (200 ft) tower,
weapons development 		Script error: No such module "sort". [3][6][7] Small air defense prototype. A near-minimal diameter spherical implosion system, 11.5 in (290 mm) in diameter.
Flathead Template:Dts 18:26:00.1 MHT (11 hrs)
 NE Lagoon, Bikini Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".0 + 4.5 m (15 ft) barge,
weapons development 		TX-28S Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] TX-28S (for "salted") test, intentionally dirty high fallout, 73% fission.
Kickapoo Template:Dts 23:26:?? MHT (11 hrs)
 Aomon (Sally), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".2 m (6 ft 7 in) + 90 m (300 ft) tower,
weapons development 		Swallow Script error: No such module "sort". [3][4][5][6][7] Linear implosion, air defense warhead test.
Osage Template:Dts 01:13:53.1 MHT (11 hrs)
 Runit (Yvonne), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".0 + 210 m (690 ft) free air drop,
weapons development 		XW-25 Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] Proof test of XW-25.
Inca Template:Dts 21:26:?? MHT (11 hrs)
 Rujoru (Pearl), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".2 m (6 ft 7 in) + 60 m (200 ft) tower,
weapons development 		XW-45 Swan Script error: No such module "sort". [3][4][5][6][7] Test of tactical warhead, evolved into XW-45.
Dakota Template:Dts 18:06:00.2 MHT (11 hrs)
 NE Lagoon, Bikini Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".0 + 2 m (6 ft 7 in) barge,
weapons development 		TX-28C Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] Prototype of XW-28C. Became the most versatile, widely used design in the US, from 1958 to 1990.
Mohawk Template:Dts 18:06:?? MHT (11 hrs)
 Ebiriru (Ruby), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".2 m (6 ft 7 in) + 90 m (300 ft) tower,
weapons development 		Swan/Flute Script error: No such module "sort". [3][4][5][6][7]
Apache Template:Dts 18:06:00.2 MHT (11 hrs)
 Elugelab (Flora), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".0 + 2 m (6 ft 7 in) barge,
weapons development 		XW-27 / Zither Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] Same primary as Lacrosse; Prototype of XW-27 warhead for Regulus missile.
Navajo Template:Dts 17:56:00.3 MHT (11 hrs)
 NE Lagoon, Bikini Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".0 + 6 m (20 ft) barge,
weapons development 		TX-21C Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] 95% fusion, cleanest shot fired until 1958.
Tewa Template:Dts 17:46:00.0 MHT (11 hrs)
 Yurochi aka Irioj (Dog), Bikini Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".0 + 4.5 m (15 ft) barge,
weapons development 		Mk-41 ? "Bassoon Prime" Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] 87% fission; first US 3 stage device, dirty version of Bassoon tested in Zuni, with tamper change. Developed into Mk-41.
Huron Template:Dts 18:16:00.1 MHT (11 hrs)
 Elugelab (Flora), Enewetak Atoll Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. Script error: No such module "sort".0 + 2 m (6 ft 7 in) barge,
weapons development 		XW-50 ? Proto "Egg" Script error: No such module "sort". [3][5][6][7] 2 Stage thermonuke, XW-50 prototype.

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  1. ^ The United States, France and Great Britain have code-named their test events, while the USSR and China did not, and therefore have only test numbers (with some exceptions – Soviet peaceful explosions were named). Word translations into English in parentheses unless the name is a proper noun. A dash followed by a number indicates a member of a salvo event. The US also sometimes named the individual explosions in such a salvo test, which results in "name1 – 1(with name2)". If test is canceled or aborted, then the row data like date and location discloses the intended plans, where known.
  2. ^ To convert the UT time into standard local, add the number of hours in parentheses to the UT time; for local daylight saving time, add one additional hour. If the result is earlier than 00:00, add 24 hours and subtract 1 from the day; if it is 24:00 or later, subtract 24 hours and add 1 to the day. All historical time zone data are derived from here:
  3. ^ Rough place name and a latitude/longitude reference; for rocket-carried tests, the launch location is specified before the detonation location, if known. Some locations are extremely accurate; others (like airdrops and space blasts) may be quite inaccurate. "~" indicates a likely pro-forma rough location, shared with other tests in that same area.
  4. ^ Elevation is the ground level at the point directly below the explosion relative to sea level; height is the additional distance added or subtracted by tower, balloon, shaft, tunnel, air drop or other contrivance. For rocket bursts the ground level is "N/A". In some cases it is not clear if the height is absolute or relative to ground, for example, Plumbbob/John. No number or units indicates the value is unknown, while "0" means zero. Sorting on this column is by elevation and height added together.
  5. ^ Atmospheric, airdrop, balloon, gun, cruise missile, rocket, surface, tower, and barge are all disallowed by the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (PTBT). Sealed shaft and tunnel are underground, and remained useful under the PTBT. Intentional cratering tests are borderline; they occurred under the treaty, were sometimes protested, and generally overlooked if the test was declared to be a peaceful use.
  6. ^ Include weapons development, weapon effects, safety test, transport safety test, war, science, joint verification and industrial/peaceful, which may be further broken down.
  7. ^ Designations for test items where known, "?" indicates some uncertainty about the preceding value, nicknames for particular devices in quotes. This category of information is often not officially disclosed.
  8. ^ Estimated energy yield in tons, kilotons, and megatons. A ton of TNT equivalent is defined as 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie).
  9. ^ Radioactive emission to the atmosphere aside from prompt neutrons, where known. The measured species is only iodine-131 if mentioned, otherwise it is all species. No entry means unknown, probably none if underground and "all" if not; otherwise notation for whether measured on the site only or off the site, where known, and the measured amount of radioactivity released.

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