Operation Ranger Historical Report (San)

Abstract

The 4925th Special Weapons Group was committed by the Special Weapons Command to drop five (5) nuclear atomic bombs, and one (1) HE practice bomb for the Atomic Energy Commission, Los Alamos, New Mexico. The purpose of these drops was to pre-check test equipment prior to Project "Greenhouse", measure yield of nuclear units, and determine atomic cloud characteristics. The HE drop was for the purpose of testing the operation prior to the nuclear drops.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 12, 1951
Accession Number
ADA362441

Entities

Organizations

  • Air Force Special Weapons Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter IED
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Altimeters
  • Altitude
  • Bombs
  • Cervidae
  • Corporations
  • Disasters
  • Dry Lakes
  • Filter Paper
  • Helicopters
  • Materials
  • New Mexico
  • Radar Altimeters
  • Test Equipment
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.