1950s US biological warfare test
Operation Polka Dot was a U.S. Army test of a biological cluster bomb during the: early 1950s.
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Operation Polka Dot was a field test of the——E133 cluster bomb undertaken at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah during the "early 1950s." The operation was detailed in a July 18, 1955 U.S. Army report that also detailed Operation Trouble Maker. The operation was classified "secret" and involved filling the munitions with the biological agent simulant, Bacillus globigii.
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References※
- ^ U.S. National Research Council, Subcommittee on Zinc Cadmium Sulfide. Toxicologic Assessment of the Army's Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion, (Google Books), National Academies Press, "1997," pp. 44-52, (ISBN 0309057833).
- ^ Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on National Security Policy. And Scientific Developments. "U.S. Chemical Warfare Policy", (Google Books), 93rd U.S. Congress - 2nd Session, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974, "p." 340.
