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218:References
174:Date time (
30:Information
1428:Categories
1412:30 January
1275:January 9,
1100:References
986:2013-12-18
921: (
902:77°59′11″E
899:49°45′20″N
838: (
819:54°45′25″E
816:73°19′52″N
757: (
738:54°45′25″E
735:73°19′52″N
676: (
657:54°45′25″E
654:73°19′52″N
595: (
576:54°45′25″E
573:73°19′52″N
514: (
495:54°45′25″E
492:73°19′52″N
433: (
414:54°45′25″E
411:73°19′52″N
352: (
333:54°45′25″E
330:73°19′52″N
295:70 kt
271: (
252:54°45′25″E
249:73°19′52″N
198:Delivery,
195:+ height
16:See also:
879:(aborted)
200:Purpose
193:Elevation
183:time zone
162:series .
67:Test type
54:1990–1991
43:Test site
1156:March 8,
945:no yield
884:May 1991
188:Location
854:tunnel,
840:715 - 8
773:tunnel,
759:715 - 7
692:tunnel,
678:715 - 6
611:tunnel,
597:715 - 5
530:tunnel,
516:715 - 4
449:tunnel,
435:715 - 3
368:tunnel,
354:715 - 2
287:tunnel,
273:715 - 1
214:Fallout
35:Country
1384:
1266:
221:Notes
204:Device
181:Local
171:Name
51:Period
1378:(PDF)
1347:(PDF)
1340:(PDF)
1220:(PDF)
1192:(PDF)
209:Yield
1414:2021
1382:ISBN
1355:2013
1277:2014
1264:ISBN
1228:2013
1200:2013
1158:2014
796:- 8
715:- 7
634:- 6
553:- 5
472:- 4
391:- 3
310:- 2
229:- 1
148:The
25:1990
794:715
713:715
632:715
551:715
470:715
389:715
308:715
227:715
123:KML
78:70
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176:UT
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