File:Plumbbob John Nuclear Test.jpg
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Photo of the "Plumbbob John" nuclear warhead test over the Yucca Flats Nuclear Test Site, Nevada (USA), at 14:00 hrs on 19 July 1957. This test was a combination proof test of the AIR-2A Genie unguided air-to-air rocket, and an effects test of the W-25 warhead. The AIR-2A was fired from a Northrop F-89J Scorpion fighter. The rocket travelled 4240 meters in 4.5 seconds at an altitude of 6,000 m (18,500 ft) before detonating the 1.7 kt warhead.
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| current | 13:11, 7 January 2017 | | 388 × 484 (25 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Photo of the "Plumbbob John" nuclear warhead test over the Yucca Flats Nuclear Test Site, Nevada (USA), at 14:00 hrs on 19 July 1957. This test was a combination proof test of the AIR-2A <i>Genie</i> unguided air-to-air rocket, and an effects test of the W-25 warhead. The AIR-2A was fired from a Northrop F-89J <i>Scorpion</i> fighter. The rocket travelled 4240 meters in 4.5 seconds at an altitude of 6,000 m (18,500 ft) before detonating the 1.7 kt warhead. </p> |
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