Operation Swordfish
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Operation Swordfish or Operation Dominic Swordfish/Dominic-Swordfish was the May 11, 1962[1] operational test of the nuclear ASROC anti-submarine weapon system, as part of the larger Operation Dominic, a series of 31 nuclear tests. The ASROC uses a short range rocket booster to deliver a Mk 34 armed depth charge to the surface over the submarine target. The device sinks to a depth of approximately 650 feet or 235 meters where it would detonate with a yield around 10 kt of force.[2]
The RUR-5 ASROC was fired by the USS Agerholm (DD-826) about 370 nautical miles (690 km) west-southwest of San Diego.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 through September 1992" (PDF). United States Department of Energy. Las Vegas, NV: Nevada Operations Office. December 2000. p. 142. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
- ↑ "Operation Dominic".
- ↑ "Operation Dominic I, 1962" (PDF). Washington, DC. p. 196. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
Further reading
[edit]- Egeberg, Lansing E.; Johnson, Lyle D.; Farlow, Neil H., Operation DOMINIC. Shot SWORDFISH. Project Officers Report - Project 2. 1. Radiological Effects from an Underwater Nuclear Explosion, 1981. ADA995152.
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