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Operation Redwing nuclear test series begins in the Pacific

The United States began Operation Redwing, a series of atmospheric nuclear tests at Enewetak and Bikini Atolls, with the first detonation conducted in early May 1956.

Redwing marked a major phase in U.S. thermonuclear weapons development and had significant implications for the nuclear arms race, military strategy, and environmental and public-health concerns over atmospheric testing.

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