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Project Argus

Around 1958, the significant implications of the Earth's magnetic fields and radiation belts for future military activities were what drew the attention of government physicists. Nicholas Christofilos, a physicist working at the University of California's Livermore Radiation Laboratory, developed techniques to harness and control the energy released in hydorgen fusion reactions. Christofilos used magnetic confinment fields. When the Soviets launched Sputnik I, Christofilos decided that the earth's magnetic field could be used to contain an artificial band of relativistic electrons. He speculated that this artificial radiation belt could be made intense enough to destroy satellites in orbit. The belt would produce worldwide radio noise on the HF and VHF radio bands that carried the bulk of military communications. By accurately calculating the site for an explosion of a nuclear device, it's effects could be made to occur over a specific target area. Christofilos urged that the government test his postulates by exploding a nuclear device in space. Christofilos superiors at Livermore placed his papers under top security control and advised the President's Science Advisory group of the matter. The resulting program became Project Argus.

PROJECT ARGUS TESTS

ExplosionLocaleDateYieldAltitude
Argus ISouth AtlanticAug 27, 19581KT200KM
Argus IISouth AtlanticAug 30, 19581KT250KM
Argus IIISouth AtlanticSept 6, 19581KT500KM

POST-ARGUS TESTING ACTIONS

ExplosionLocaleDateYieldAltitude
StarfishJohnston IslandJuly, 9 19621.4KT400KM

SOVIET NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS IN SPACE

ExplosionLocaleDateYieldAltitude
USSRSiberiaOct 22, 1962200KTUNK
USSRSiberiaOct 28, 1962800KTUNK
USSRSiberiaNov 1, 19621+MTUNK

 
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