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Operation Polka Dot
1950s US biological warfare test From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.[1][2] The operation was detailed in a July 18, 1955 U.S. Army report that also detailed Operation Trouble Maker.[1] The operation was classified "secret"[2] and involved filling the munitions with the biological agent simulant, Bacillus globigii.[1]
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