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English: Bassoon Prime, three-stage thermonuclear weapon, before test explosion on July 20, 1956, at Bikini, as shot Tewa of operation Redwing. Yield 5 megatons. Prototype for the 25-megaton Mark 41 bomb. Bassoon, the prototype for a 9.3-megaton clean bomb or a 25-megaton dirty bomb. Dirty version shown here, before its 1956 test. The two attachments on the left are light pipes - see below for elaboration.
Español: Bassoon, el prototipo de una bomba limpia de 3,5 megatones o una bomba sucia de 25 megatones. Las versiones sucias mostradas aquí, antes de su prueba en el año 1956.
Português: Bassoon, o protótipo de uma bomba limpa de 3,5 megatoneladas ou de uma bomba suja de 25 megatoneladas. A versão suja é mostrada aqui, antes do seu teste de 1956.
中文：低音管核彈，該設計可以用於製造一枚當量為三百五十萬噸的乾淨核彈，也可以用於製造一枚當量為兩千五百萬噸的放射性核彈。此照片所示為在1956年測試前的放射性核彈。. |
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| Source | Image captured from The Swords of Armageddon, Chuck Hansen editor, Chucklea Publications, 1995, vol 5, p 385. |
| Author | U.S. Government |
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| 19:14, 20 November 2007 |  | 550 × 650 (50 KB) | HowardMorland | {{Information |Description=Bassoon Prime, three-stage thermonuclear weapon, before test explosion on July 21, 1956, at Bikini. Yield 5 megatons. Prototype for the 25-megaton Mark 41 bomb. |Source=Image captured from The Swords of Armageddon, Chuck Han |
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