This is a DOD footage of the first detonation of the HARDTACK I series at Enewetak Atoll, performed on April 28, 1958 under code name YUCCA. The 1.7 kiloton nuclear device was detonated on the stratosphere, after the balloon -which departed from the deck of the USS BOXER aircraft carrier- reached float altitude of 86.000 feet.
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