November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Test is shot "Dog" from Operation Buster, with a yield of 21 kilotons. It was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted on land; troops shown are a mere 6 miles from the blast.
November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Test is shot "Dog" from Operation Buster, with a yield of 21 kilotons. It was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted on land; troops shown are a mere 6 miles from the blast.
November 1951 nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. Test is shot "Dog" from Operation Buster, with a yield of 21 kilotons. It was the first U.S. nuclear field exercise conducted on land; troops shown are a mere 6 miles from the blast.
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|caption=A sign on the [[Stuart Highway]] indicating that vehicles are entering the Woomera test range, and are to stay on the road
|map=[[File:Woomera Test Range map.svg|300px]]|map_caption=Area currently covered by the Woomera test range
|type=Aerospace (military/civil)
|coordinates=|nearest_town=[[Woomera, South Australia]]|country=|site_area= (vast)
|operator=[[Aerospace Operational Support Group RAAF]]|status=Active
|dates=1946–1980<br/>1999–present
|remediation=|subcritical_tests=|nuclear_tests=See [[British nuclear tests at Maralinga]]|thermonuclear_tests=|other_tests=Missiles, aircraft weapons, drone aircraft, rockets
|other_tests_label=Range testing
}}
^Other sources mention other numbers; Hagerfors 2002 says that the five forts could accommodate up to 25,000 men, Nyström & Skeppstedt 1990, p. 220 says that calculations in 1926 put the wartime force in and around Boden at 16,521 men and Ericson Wolke 2009, p. 175 says no more than 12,000–13,000 men were stationed in the fortress during the Second World War.
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