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Operation Trident (''Unternehmen Trident'') was a series of nuclear tests conducted by the [[Engleberg|Englean Kaiserreich]], beginning on 15 September 1959. These tests were designed to test components for the first Englean thermonuclear weapon, which was expected to be completed by 1963.
Operation Trident (''Unternehmen Trident'') was a series of nuclear tests conducted by the [[Engleberg|Englean Kaiserreich]], beginning on 15 September 1959. These tests were designed to test components for the first Englean thermonuclear weapon, which was expected to be completed by 1963.

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Operation Trident
File:Blue Danube Bomb.jpg
Type 1955(B) "Atomwaffe 2" bomb, similar to that used in the tests.
Information
Country Englean Kaiserreich
Test siteImperial Test Site Heimarch, Heimarch Archipelago
Date15 September 1959
Number of tests3
Test typeair-drop, balloon
Max. yield27 kilotonnes of TNT (110 TJ)
Test series chronology

Operation Trident (Unternehmen Trident) was a series of nuclear tests conducted by the Englean Kaiserreich, beginning on 15 September 1959. These tests were designed to test components for the first Englean thermonuclear weapon, which was expected to be completed by 1963.