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English: 14 kiloton atomic explosion, from a 1951 US nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site. (Operation Buster-Jangle, Charlie) Original caption: XX-27 charlie a 14 kiloton device was dropped from a B-50 bomber on October 30, 1951 at Yucca Flat. The test, part of the Buster-Jangle series, was the eighth detonation at the Nevada Proving Grounds.
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Source This image is available from the National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office Photo Library under number XX-27 .
Author Federal Government of the United States

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14 kiloton atomic explosion, from a 1951 US nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site

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30 October 1951

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