British Nuclear Weapons - WE177A / WE177B / WE177C

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Tring to find out more about these weapons and technical data. Was there an Australian connection? Where were they tested? Maralinga Australia?
 
No Australian connection, the WE177 series was a British developed improvement of the US W59 developed after the failure of the joint US-UK Skybolt program to develop a air dropped version of the warhead used by the Minuteman missile. The British test detonations (24) were all conducted at Nevada.
 
WatcherZero said:
No Australian connection, the WE177 series was a British developed improvement of the US W59 developed after the failure of the joint US-UK Skybolt program to develop a air dropped version of the warhead used by the Minuteman missile. The British test detonations (24) were all conducted at Nevada.
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Ws Blue Danube and blue steel tested in Australia was violet Club and YellowSun tested in Australia? Thank you for the info
 
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UK nuclear tests

YearNo. of testsYieldTotalLocation
Proof of concept1952125 kt25 ktMonte Bello, AustraliaShip
Blue Danube195328-10 kt18 ktEmu Field, AustraliaTower
Red Beard/Blue Danube1956215-60 kt75 ktMaralinga, AustraliaTower
Red Beard/Blue Danube195642-15 kt30 ktMaralinga, AustraliaTower/Ground/Air drop 150m
Pixie/Indigo Hammer/Red Beard195731-27 kt34 ktMaralinga, AustraliaTower/Balloon 300m
Various UK designs1957-1958924-3000 kt7,869 ktChristmas Island, KiribatiAtmospheric
WE 177/UK improved Polaris/UK Trident1961-1991240-140 kt1,232 ktNevada, USUnderground
 
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UK nuclear tests

YearNo. of testsYieldTotalLocation
Proof of concept
1952
125 kt25 ktMonte Bello, Australia
Blue Danube195328-10 kt18 ktMonte Bello, Australia
Red Beard/Blue Danube1956215-60 kt75 ktMaralinga, Australia
Red Beard/Blue Danube195642-15 kt30 ktMaralinga, Australia
Pixie/Indigo Hammer/Red Beard195731-27 kt34 ktMaralinga, Australia
Various designs1957-1958924-3000 kt7,869 ktChristmas Island, Kiribati
WE 177/Polaris/Trident1961-1991240-140 kt1,232 ktNevada, US
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Sincere thanks. May i use this and i will cite it. Is that Ok? Please provide me with the citation details. Again Sincere thanks
What was proof of concept?
 
Vonbaron said:
Sincere thanks. May i use this and i will cite it. Is that Ok? Please provide me with the citation details. Again Sincere thanks
What was proof of concept?
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Own research sorry, atomicarchive plus I flushed out the details. The first device wasnt intended as a deployable design but it would feed into the Blue Danube design.

United Kingdom's Nuclear Tests

United Kingdom's Nuclear Tests
www.atomicarchive.com www.atomicarchive.com
 
Vonbaron said:
Sincere thanks. May i use this and i will cite it. Is that Ok? Please provide me with the citation details. Again Sincere thanks
What was proof of concept?
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Pixie/Indigo Hamme ? Could you provide some details of these please?
 

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