Operation Polka Dot

Operation Polka Dot was a U.S. Army test of a biological cluster bomb during the early 1950s.

Operation

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]

gollark: Although it would be extremely slow.
gollark: Anyway, in theory I could clone it *for* you, and send you a tar or something which could be downloaded resumably from osmarks.net
gollark: I only get 12GB of data per month due to ridiculous mobile network rationing, and it's slower than my home network anyway.
gollark: That doesn't contain full clone data, IIRC, and is smaller because of that.
gollark: Perhaps it would have been better to download the repo ZIP from GitHub or something.

See also

References
  1. U.S. National Research Council, Subcommittee on Zinc Cadmium Sulfide. Toxicologic Assessment of the Army's Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion, (Google Books), National Academies Press, 1997, pp. 44-52, (ISBN 0309057833).
  2. Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments. "U.S. Chemical Warfare Policy", (Google Books), 93rd U.S. Congress - 2nd Session, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974, p. 340.
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