OPERATION CROSSROADS. ATOMIC BOMB TESTS ABLE AND BAKER CONDUCTED AT BIKINI ATOLL. MARSHALL ISLANDS ON 1 JULY 1946 AND 25 JULY 1946. VOLUME 1.

Abstract

The purpose of this history is to provide a general, nontechnical introduction to the voluminous technical reports evolving from Operation Crossroads. There are many reasons for such a history but it is enough to say here that any assessment of results in a large test operation must take into account in some manner how the results were obtained. The history, therefore, provides a chronological account of the effort, extending over a period of eight months, which the groups under the Director of Ship Material, as well as some other closely related groups, put forth to obtain the results that lie behind the technical reports.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1946
Accession Number
AD0473909

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