Word: multimegaton
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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...months before the drop the B-52's crew, drawn from the elite special-weapons test group at Kirtland Air Force Base, had made practice runs over the target. But when the time came for the actual firing pass, the crew, probably jittery over the effect the multimegaton burst might have on the bomber itself, failed to correct a navigation error that threw the plane off course...