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Operation Antler may refer to:

  • Operation Antler (nuclear tests), a series of nuclear tests conducted at Maralinga, Australia, between 14 September and 9 October 1957.
  • Operation Antler (Porton Down investigation), the investigation into events at Porton Down in the period from 1939 to 1989

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Operation Antler

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Operation Antler may refer to: Operation Antler (nuclear tests), a series of nuclear tests conducted at Maralinga, Australia, between 14 September and...

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British nuclear tests at Maralinga

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of Adelaide. Two major test series were conducted: Operation Buffalo in 1956 and Operation Antler the following year. Approximate weapon yields ranged...

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Operation Grapple

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balloon test had been tried only once before by the British, during Operation Antler at Maralinga in October 1957. William Saxby from Aldermaston was placed...

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Cobalt bomb

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point where it could end human life on Earth, a doomsday device. The Operation Antler/Round 1 test by the British at the Tadje site in the Maralinga range...

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Porton Down

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from 1949 up to 1989: From 1999 until 2006, it was investigated under Operation Antler. In 2002 a first inquest and in May 2004, a second inquest into the...

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United Kingdom and weapons of mass destruction

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Porton Down became the subject of a lengthy police investigation called Operation Antler, which covered the use of volunteers in testing a variety of chemical...

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Nuclear weapons tests in Australia

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projects occurred at the islands, the first being Operation Hurricane and the second being Operation Mosaic. Following the second Mosaic explosion, the...

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Maralinga

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launching of a British atomic weapon from an aircraft. Operation Antler followed in 1957. Antler was designed to test the triggering mechanisms of the...

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Ronald Maddison

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for black clothes, £16 for undertaker's fees and £4 for catering. Operation Antler was a police investigation from 1999 to 2004 into Maddison's death...

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List of nuclear weapons tests

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atomic bomb) Operation Totem, 1953 Operation Mosaic, 1956 Operation Buffalo, 1956 Operation Antler, 1957 Operation Grapple, 1957–1958 (Included the UK's...

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Nuclear Test Medal

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1956, Maralinga, South Australia Operation GRAPPLE – May 1957 – September 1958, Malden Island, Kiribati Operation ANTLER – September – October 1957, Maralinga...

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History of Oceania

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were conducted in various locations by the United Kingdom (Operation Grapple and Operation Antler), the United States (Bikini atoll and the Marshall Islands)...

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Timeline of nuclear weapons development

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anti-ballistic missile designed to intercept ICBMs in mid-air. 1957 – Operation Antler, the final British nuclear test in Australia, occurs in Maralinga,...

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Clifford Earl

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soon after exposure to the poison. Much later, in 1999, police began Operation Antler to investigate the experiments; on learning of this, Earl founded the...

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Atomic tourism

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follows: Australia Maralinga, South Australia – site of Operation Buffalo and Operation Antler India Pokhran, Rajasthan – site of the Pokhran-II test Japan...

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British hydrogen bomb programme

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Suez crisis. The earliest possible date was November 1957 unless the Operation Antler tests were cancelled, but the Foreign Office warned that a moratorium...

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Red deer

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(45 in) and weigh 5 kg (11 lb). Antlers, which are made of bone, can grow at a rate of 2.5 cm (1 in) a day. While an antler is growing, it is covered with...

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Dishforth Airfield

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Dishforth on 1 August 1956. It was established to support Operation Buffalo and Operation Antler, the British nuclear tests at Maralinga in Australia. 1325...

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Military history of Oceania

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were conducted in various locations by the United Kingdom (Operation Grapple and Operation Antler), the United States (Bikini atoll and the Marshall Islands)...

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Reindeer

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unique among deer (Cervidae) in that females may have antlers, although the prevalence of antlered females varies by subspecies. Reindeer are the only successfully...

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Operation Nougat

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overlap. Operation Hardtack II preceded Nougat and the testing moratorium. Antler was the first shot fired as part of the resumption of nuclear testing by...

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Antlers Municipal Airport

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Antlers Municipal Airport (IATA: ATE, FAA LID: 80F) is a public airport one mile (1.6 km) southwest of the central business district of Antlers, a city...

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Chemical weapons and the United Kingdom

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This became the subject of a lengthy police investigation called Operation Antler. From 1950, a Chemical Defence Establishment was established as CDE...

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Stonehenge Cursus

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believed them to be Roman racing tracks. Radiocarbon dating of a red deer antler pick discovered at the bottom of the western terminal ditch suggests that...

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Eduardo Saverin

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Asia. In addition to forming B Capital, in early 2020, Saverin invested in Antler, an early-stage VC fund and startup accelerator founded by his friend and...

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