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Operation Ivy
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Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
was the eighth series of
American
nuclear tests
, coming after
Tumbler-Snapper
and before
Upshot-Knothole
. Its purpose was to help upgrade the U.S. arsenal of
nuclear weapons
in response to the
Soviet
nuclear weapons program. The two explosions were staged in late 1952 at
Eniwetok Atoll
in the
Pacific Proving Ground
in the
Marshall Islands
.
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