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English:
Bassoon Prime, three-stage thermonuclear weapon, before test explosion on July 20, 1956, at Bikini, as shot Tewa of operation Redwing. Yield 5 megatons. Prototype for the 25-megaton Mark 41 bomb. Bassoon, the prototype for a 9.3-megaton clean bomb or a 25-megaton dirty bomb. Dirty version shown here, before its 1956 test. The two attachments on the left are light pipes - see below for elaboration.
Español:
Bassoon, el prototipo de una bomba limpia de 3,5 megatones o una bomba sucia de 25 megatones. Las versiones sucias mostradas aquí, antes de su prueba en el año 1956.
Português:
Bassoon, o protótipo de uma bomba limpa de 3,5 megatoneladas ou de uma bomba suja de 25 megatoneladas. A versão suja é mostrada aqui, antes do seu teste de 1956.
中文:
低音管核彈,該設計可以用於製造一枚當量為三百五十萬噸的乾淨核彈,也可以用於製造一枚當量為兩千五百萬噸的放射性核彈。此照片所示為在1956年測試前的放射性核彈。.
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Source | Image captured from The Swords of Armageddon, Chuck Hansen editor, Chucklea Publications, 1995, vol 5, p 385. |
Author | U.S. Government |
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