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    Map all coordinates in "Operation Flintlock (nuclear test)" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates)...
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  • Operation Flintlock may refer to: Operation Flintlock (nuclear test), a nuclear test series on the Nevada Test Site Operation Flintlock (World War II)...
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    Operation Flintlock series. Two tests were conducted during this series by the United Kingdom: Cormorant and Courser. A bomb test may be a salvo test...
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  • coordinates) Operation Latchkey was a series of 38 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1966–1967 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed...
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    States performed nuclear weapons tests from 1945 to 1992 as part of the nuclear arms race. By official count, there were 1,054 nuclear tests conducted, including...
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  • Operation Flintlock, a World War II campaign Operation Flintlock (nuclear test) This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Flintlock. If...
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    Shot Flintlock Halfbeak in June 1966 may have been a full yield test of the weapon with other tests conducted between 1963 and 1968 at the Nevada Test Site...
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    27, 1951. About 928 nuclear tests were conducted here through 1994, when the United States stopped its underground nuclear testing. The site consists of...
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    The Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT), formally known as the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, prohibited...
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    program, 35 nuclear warheads were detonated in 27 separate tests. A similar program was carried out in the Soviet Union under the name Nuclear Explosions...
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    the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1996 and ratified it in 1998, confirming the British commitment towards ending nuclear test explosions in the...
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    The first British atomic bomb was tested in Operation Hurricane on 3 October 1952. During the 1950s, the UK's nuclear deterrent was based around the V-bombers...
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  • times in 2014. Closely linked with 'Flintlock' exercise. Jupiter Garrett – Joint Special Operations Command operation against high value targets in Somalia...
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    Exercise Flintlock. The CV-22s flew nonstop from Hurlburt Field, Florida, with in-flight refueling. AFSOC declared that the 8th Special Operations Squadron...
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    self-deployment to the nation of Mali supporting United States Africa Command's Flintlock exercise. In 2009, 8th crews deployed to Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras...
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  • starting fires without matches, using a firesteel; the flintlock mechanism in firearms; and spark testing ferrous metals. Small amounts of pyrophoric liquids...
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    Base Marshall Islands. The US Armed Forces planned and carried out Operation Flintlock on 31 January 1944 in the amphibious landings on Kwajalein. The United...
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    standardized the adoption of the flintlock musket began to abandon the pike altogether (flintlocks and proto-flintlocks, such as the miquelet lock, had...
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    April 2002. "The Woomera Test Range in 2020" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-12-30. "Operation Bushfire Assist 2019-2020...
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    Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955 (category Nuclear history of the United States)
    pertaining to the unlawful acquisition, importation, or manufacture of special nuclear material into the United States. The United States federal statute specifies...
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    Underwater Demolition Team (category Special operations units and formations of the United States Navy)
    Waipio Amphibious Operating Base on Maui. The first operation after Tarawa was Operation Flintlock in the Marshall Islands. It began with the island of...
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    the suitability of the island for the nuclear tests of upcoming Project Windstorm. The battalion drilled 34 test holes to learn the hydrology and cratering...
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  • The "true" flintlock replaces the snaphance flintlock in Europe by the end of the 17th century. Both China and Japan reject the flintlock and the Mughal...
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    the experiment was short-lived. The Baker rifle was a muzzle-loading flintlock weapon used by the British Army in the Napoleonic Wars, notably by the...
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    introduction and decline of plate armor as firearms became more effective. Flintlock muskets became dominant by the 1690s, and the invention of the bayonet...
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    California for the Marshall Islands, as part of the invasion force for Operation Flintlock. Santa Fe served as an escort for the Northern Attack Force (Task...
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    1979–1982. Berkeley: University of California Press. The War Chronicles: From Flintlocks to Machine Guns. Fair Winds. 2009. p. 393. ISBN 978-1-61673-404-6. "'Disturbing'...
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    explosives, a clockwork connected to a musket firing mechanism, probably a flintlock adapted for the purpose. After the Battles of Lexington and Concord in...
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    on 25 January to participate in "Operation Flintlock" in the Marshall Islands. Naval Base Funafuti supported "Operation Catchpole" in the Marshall Islands...
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  • Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talon of the 7th Special Operations Squadron at CFB Lahr, Germany, during Flintlock 82 exercise, using Fulton STARS recovery system...
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