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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Redwing
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Claim
Elugelab (Flora), Enewetak Atoll
Correction
Huron was not fired at Elugelab (Flora). Official records place Huron on a barge in the Mike crater off Dridrilbwij at Enewetak, with official coordinates far from the article's listed location.
Full reasoning
This Huron entry gives Elugelab (Flora) and coordinates 11.6719°N, 162.3692°E, but official U.S. sources place the shot elsewhere.
- The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Operation Redwing 1956 history states: "HURON, the last shot of the REDWING series was detonated ... from a barge moored in the MIKE crater off Dridrilbwij at Enewetak."
- The official DOE/NNSA test list (DOE/NV--209-REV 16) gives Huron's coordinates as 11.677817, 162.204974.
That official location is off Dridrilbwij and its longitude differs substantially from the article's 162.3692°E. So the article's Huron location is incorrect.
2 sources
- Operation Redwing 1956
HURON, the last shot of the REDWING series was detonated at 0612, 22 July 1956, from a barge moored in the MIKE crater off Dridrilbwij at Enewetak.
- DOE/NV--209-REV 16: United States Nuclear Tests July 1945 through September 1992
Huron | 07/21/1956 | LANL | Enewetak Atoll | ... | Barge | ... | 11.677817 | 162.204974 | ... | 250 kt