Redwing Lacrosse crater

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Crater from the Redwing Lacrosse nuclear test shot on May 5, 1956. This was a 40 kiloton surface shot that dug a crater 404 feet in diameter and 44 feet deep.
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Coordinates:   11°33'14"N   162°20'53"E

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  • I was there in 1979 with the 84th eng BN.
  • This was a large boosted fission primary for a 1.69 megaton thermonuclear bomb, the Mk-15/39. Over 1000 were produced and it marked a breakthough in lighter more useful and deployable thermonuclear bombs. Some were supplied through the NATO Project E scheme to arm the Valiant bombers of the British Royal Air Force until stocks of UK bombs were available.
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