Operation Plumbbob - John test. LAS VEGAS, NV. Launch of an AIR-2A Genie nuclear air to air rocket. The launching Scorpion, still enveloped in the rocket’s smoke trail, is shown banking at about 70 degrees to evade the forthcoming nuclear explosion. The atomic rocket is now far past the Scorpion to the right of the photograph.
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