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.

[@johncashwell1024]

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]

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

[@JeffreyWilliams-dr7qe]

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]

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

[@davelowets]

Yes.

[@Ganiscol]

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

[@davelowets]

Good for what ails ya....

[@Sgmagyt5781]

I wonder what all this did for our health

[@P-G-77]

AMAZING FOOTAGE, THANKS !!

[@Mujangga]

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

[@Sedgewise47]

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

[@Sedgewise47]

🤔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]

@@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]

@@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?

[@ClausB252]

The WB-57 type still flies today for NASA.

[@chainsawFirewood89]

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]

Many b17 channels

[@vazz22]

That looks like the LYNARD SKYNARD plane that crashed in 1977

[@jamielacourse7578]

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]

@@jamielacourse7578 yes it is!!

[@rapman5791]

@@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]

How powerful the nuke was dropped

[@coopersnowdon5860]

14:50 what is this ?

[@Zozokia]

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

[@Nuclearphysics-768]

What is fast fission on hydrogen bomb?

[@oldfatbastad6053]

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]

That looks like the LYNARD SKYNARD plane that crashed in 1977

[@cowboybob7093]

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]

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

[@cowboybob7093]

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

[@chainsawFirewood89]

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!!

[@kfb2001us]

😮

[@1080trill]

Fishbowl

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Needed to trigger fusion. All obsolete old technology now.

[@davelowets]

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

[@MitzvosGolem1]

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

[@advancedapproachproduction2394]

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

[@ClausB252]

Yet Thor became the basis for the Delta II launch vehicle which flew until 2018.

[@rjust2297]

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]

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]

YOU MEAN THE WHITE GUY AT 16:20?

[@lawofliberty3517]

They fed observers nuked food in one test

[@rlewis1946]

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?