On October 22, 1964 the
Department of Defense and the
Atomic Energy Commission (now
the Department of Energy)
conducted the Salmon Event,
part of the Dribble series of
events, to test the decoupling
effect and to study seismic
wave propagation. In effect,
the test was used as a guage
to measure other (Communist)
countries un
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On October 22, 1964 the
Department of Defense and the
Atomic Energy Commission (now
the Department of Energy)
conducted the Salmon Event,
part of the Dribble series of
events, to test the decoupling
effect and to study seismic
wave propagation. In effect,
the test was used as a guage
to measure other (Communist)
countries underground nuclear
testing. The event, a 5.3
kiloton device, was...

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