OPERATION DOMINIC AND OPERATION FISHBOWL. NUKING THE FLAT EARTH FIRMAMENT?

Operation Dominic was a series of 31 nuclear test explosions with a 38.1 Mt total yield conducted in 1962 by the United States in the Pacific. This test series was scheduled quickly, in order to respond in kind to the Soviet resumption of testing after the tacit 1958–1961 test moratorium.