Hardtack Teak
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HARDTACK-Teak was an exoatmospheric high altitude nuclear weapon test performed during Operation Newsreel.[2] It was launched from Johnston Atoll on a Redstone missile.[3] On 1 August 1958, the 3.88 Mt (16.2 PJ) shot detonated at an altitude of 76.8 km (252,000 ft; 47.7 mi).
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Country | United States |
Test series | Operation Newsreel during Operation Hardtack I[1] |
Test site | Johnston Atoll |
Date | 1 August 1958; 65 years ago (1958-08-01) |
Test type | Exoatmospheric |
Yield | 3.88 megatons of TNT (16.2 PJ) |
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Along with HARDTACK-Orange it was one of the two largest high-altitude nuclear explosions.