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Operation Ivy, Marshall Islands, 1952

LC control no.sh2004014905
Topical headingOperation Ivy, Marshall Islands, 1952
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Variant(s)Ivy, Operation, Marshall Islands, 1952
Operation Ivy, 1952
See alsoNuclear weapons--Marshall Islands--Testing
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Found inWork cat.: Photographs of Nuclear Tests, 1952-1958 (special nuclear tests known as operations; Operation Ivy, 1952)
Nuclear Weapon Archive WWW site, Dec. 20, 2004 (Operation Ivy; efforts to develop high yield weapons were focused on a Pacific Proving Ground test series for late in 1952; Operation Ivy exploded the two largest bombs tested up to that time; inaugurated the thermonuclear age with the first true thermonuclear test. code name Mike; Ivy also tested the highest yield pure fission weapon ever exploded)