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Eniwetok Tests

JAN 01, 1953
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Joint Task Force 132, operating for the Department of Defense and the United States Atomic Energy Commission,” the AEC announced on November 16th, “has concluded the third series of weapons development tests at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Like the GREENHOUSE series 1951, it was designed to further the development of various types of weapons. In furtherance of the President’s announcement of January 31, 1950, the test program included experiments contributing to thermonuclear weapons research.

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