Operation Greenhouse GEORGE, 1951
Operation Greenhouse was the fifth American nuclear test series, the second conducted in 1951 and the first to test principles that would lead to developing thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs). Conducted at the new Pacific Proving Ground, specifically on islands of the Enewetak Atoll, all of the devices were mounted in large steel towers, to simulate air bursts. Operation Greenhouse represented new and aggressive designs for nuclear weapons. The main idea was to reduce the size, weight, and most importantly, reduce the amount of fissile material necessary for nuclear weapons, while increasing the destructive power. With the Soviet Union's first nuclear test a year and half earlier, the United States had begun stockpiling the new designs before they were actually proven. Thus the success of Operation Greenhouse was vital before the development of thermonuclear weapons could continue.
Size: 3275px × 4200px
Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -, -bomb, 1951, 20th, 8, 8th, america, american, atoll, atom, atomic, blast, blasting, bomb, century, cloud, destruction, detonate, detonating, detonation, development, device, devices, enewetak, eniewetok, eniwetok, event, exploding, explosion, famous, george, greenhouse, ground, grounds, historic, historical, history, hydrogen, important, islands, marshall, mass, mushroom, notable, nuclear, ocean, operation, pacific, proving, research, science, site, states, technological, technology, test, testing, thermonuclear, united, usa, warfare, weapon, weaponry, wmd
