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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Alex - US test was Argus, yes?
Argus was upper-atmospheric test, not a ballistic trajectory. Straight up not as dangerous as hyperbola. US did many straight-up tests.
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Operation Dominic shot Frigate Bird is only ballistic+nuclear test by US.
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MacKenzie has a great discussion of why it was done (meant to quell uncertainty, didn't quite do that) in Inventing Accuracy, as an aside!
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Ah, OK...thanks for clarification. Frigate Bird is a new one to me.
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