USAF Participation In Operation DOMINIC (1962)

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United States Air Force (USAF) Participation in Operation Dominic by Lookout Mountain Laboratory USAF
Air Force produced documentary on role of USAF in Operation Dominic nuclear tests in the Pacific.
National Archives. Declassified in 2014.
- ARC# 64083
- USAF 342 SFP 1173
The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement.

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@johncashwell1024 11 ай бұрын

It's fascinating to watch the development of our understanding of radiological contamination by watching these videos. In the earlier tests, test samples of fallout, nuclear cloud particulates, etc., were handled with care, but the person collecting the samples usually wore shorts and other basic uniform items, and every so often you might see someone wearing a dust mask; here they've moved on to proper filter respirators and protective clothing (which reduces the chances of contamination). They knew enough to keep their distance in order to reduce their dosage, but it took time and experience to understand just how easy it was take home radiological contamination.

@jamielacourse7578 2 жыл бұрын

You can always count on Lookout Mountain for good soundtrack.....

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe 3 ай бұрын

Turned a once beautiful Connie into this C121 ultra drag test bed. Aircraft probably turned in a solid record. This is a great video!

@thomthumbe 2 жыл бұрын

I’m guessing the failed tests simply lost the warhead core material into the ocean. Very excellent film! Thanks!!

@davelowets 2 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@P-G-77 2 жыл бұрын

AMAZING FOOTAGE, THANKS !!

@Ganiscol 2 жыл бұрын

Sprinkling your life with radionuclides one bomb at a time - sometimes more often than you think! 💫

@davelowets 2 жыл бұрын

Good for what ails ya....

@Mujangga 2 жыл бұрын

I'd like to buy Johnston Atoll and build my own country on it.

@Sedgewise47 2 жыл бұрын

🤔…Understandable-🧐but *doubtful* the Feds will allow it. (“E.E.Z.” advantages and all that…)

@Sedgewise47 2 жыл бұрын

🤔Maybe you should aim for something a bit more “modest”[?]-how about proposing to add another state to the Union? (🤔Or maybe adding to the territory of an existing State?…) 😏…Say-by any chance-ever heard of the island of Navassa? 🤨Now *there’s* wasted real estate…

@Mujangga 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sedgewise47 Well, they bought Alaska from the Russians and most of the continental United States from Napoleon so it's not unprecedented and the US still leases the US Virgin Islands as well as holding Guam and Puerto Rico in perpetuity. The elites in government are so corrupt, we might be able to just bribe them.

@Mujangga 2 жыл бұрын

@@Sedgewise47 How "modest" was the Declaration of Independence? The United States itself originated from visionary boldness. I have heard of Navassa and other such islets. Indeed, it is a waste of real estate; who could have predicted the political power of guano?

@Sgmagyt5781 11 ай бұрын

I wonder what all this did for our health

@chainsawFirewood89 Жыл бұрын

I like that B17 Yankee Lady was giving rides here in Arkansas, Walnut Ridge 2years from next week this year Wing of Honor Museum in Walnut Ridge Arkansas will be having a B-17 this year hope you can make it here my friends!!

@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe 3 ай бұрын

Many b17 channels

@vazz22 2 жыл бұрын

That looks like the LYNARD SKYNARD plane that crashed in 1977

@jamielacourse7578 2 жыл бұрын

Are you aware of the story behind the original Street Survivors album cover? Apparently whoever was touched by the flames perished in the crash. Now THAT is creepy

@vazz22 2 жыл бұрын

@@jamielacourse7578 yes it is!!

@rapman5791 Жыл бұрын

@@jamielacourse7578 Nice story but it’s not true. There are flames touching most members of the band on the original cover of street survivors and they survived. The creepy thing is the picture has flames appearing to surround and envelope Steve Gaines, much more so than all the others. The ironic thing about the whole situation is that the plane crashed into a forest and didn’t even catch on fire. None of the casualties were caused by fire or smoke, it was all from blunt force trauma that the injuries and fatalities occurred.

@Odessia-ij5ys 2 жыл бұрын

How powerful the nuke was dropped

@kfb2001us 11 ай бұрын

😮

@Zozokia 2 жыл бұрын

Dominicai művelet eddig titkosítva lehetett - én emlékezek rá valami történt de a Szociban nem sokat közöltek - érdemes lenne a lényeget magyarul aláírni.

@reyzamajidnugraha768 2 жыл бұрын

What is fast fission on hydrogen bomb?

@oldfatbastad6053 2 жыл бұрын

fast neutrons produced in a hydrogen bomb by fusion of deuterium and tritium have even higher energy than the fast neutrons produced in a nuclear reactor. This makes it possible to increase the yield of any given fusion weapon by the simple expedient of adding layers of cheap natural (or even depleted) uranium. Fast fission of uranium-238 provides a large part of the explosive yield, and fallout, in many designs of hydrogen bomb.

@vazz22 2 жыл бұрын

That looks like the LYNARD SKYNARD plane that crashed in 1977

@cowboybob7093 2 жыл бұрын

What he wrote about fast fission was accurate. Most "H-Bombs" are fission-fusion-fission with each step multiplying the energy released in the next. A pure fusion bomb is relatively clean. The more fission, the dirtier they are.

@davelowets 2 жыл бұрын

@@cowboybob7093 There are NO "pure Fusion" bombs... ALL bombs with a Fusion component are first detonated by a Fission bomb.

@cowboybob7093 2 жыл бұрын

@@davelowets xray compression, yeah, I know. Glad you retracted your statement

@chainsawFirewood89 Жыл бұрын

USAF WELL COME TO WINGS OF HONOR WW2 MUSEUM IF YOU EVER IN ARKANSAS (WRAAF) WALNUT Ridge Army Airfield world's largest during the 2nd World War!!

@1080trill Жыл бұрын

Fishbowl

@advancedapproachproduction2394 Жыл бұрын

The only thing I took from this. The Thors sucked.

@MitzvosGolem1 2 жыл бұрын

Needed to trigger fusion. All obsolete old technology now.

@davelowets 2 жыл бұрын

No, it's not. Today, there's STILL no Fusion bombs that aren't detonated first by a Fission bomb.

@MitzvosGolem1 2 жыл бұрын

@@davelowets Thats what i said.. Neutron device also.

@rjust2297 11 ай бұрын

Who that 121 aircraft at least point 909 looks like we was having her dad's going to Hertz😅❤. SMERF guns on that sucker probably just saying 🍀. Talk-to-text Smurf Gund. LOL. Good effing thing we don't have to deal with any unconventional warfare these days. Who want to pull that crap on puke civilians anymore anyway. Like shopping at a discount store😅

@MatisBogdan 2 жыл бұрын

Bonus - black people cleaning radioactive planes and handling radioactive samples. Full list of tests can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dominic

@Forensource 2 жыл бұрын

YOU MEAN THE WHITE GUY AT 16:20?

@lawofliberty3517 Жыл бұрын

They fed observers nuked food in one test

@rlewis1946 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the added information. I wonder what the total cost of this series of tests and their subsequent analysis cost in todays dollar. Billions?