Testing a live nuclear warhead on an actual ballistic missile is risky from many perspectives, which is why US only did it once in Cold War.
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Interesting. Where/when?
Operation Dominic, Shot Frigate Bird, May 1962. Only live-fire ballistic missile (SLBM) nuclear test by the United States.
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Thank you! Going to read more about this.
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I'd known about this but I'm curious… I've never seen whether the Soviets ever did a live fire test.
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Perhaps more dangerous given possible trajectories maybe pointing at the US and its allies
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Again, the DOMINIC shots involved live nuclear tests launched on ballistic missiles, just detonated before reentry.
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Including 4 launch failures involving live nukes on Thor IRBMs (1 for Starfish, 3 for Bluegill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Fishbowl … )
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What about Starfish Prime?
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