Easy Shot Detonation

5 Nov 51
This atomic device the largest in the series was dropped by an airplane and exploded 1,314 feet above the ground with the power of 31,000 tons of TNT

Easy Detonation

Fall 1951 Continental Test Series (Buster-Jangle).
Photo - Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

[DOE Nevada Office Photo]
[Bill Bires Narrative]
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