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Plumbbob Hood

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Plumbbob Hood, also known by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency as Shot HOOD, was a top-secret nuclear test conducted in Area 9 of the Yucca Flat at the Nevada National Security Site (NTS) on July 5, 1957, as part of Operation Plumbbob, a series of nuclear tests. It was the largest atmospheric nuclear test ever carried out at the Nevada Test Site and in the Continental United States.