Editing Operation Argus (section)

==List of Argus launches==

{{See also|List of nuclear weapons tests of the United States}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
 |+ United States' Argus series tests and detonations
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 !style="background:#ffdead;" | Name <ref group=note>The US, France and Great Britain have code-named their test events, while the USSR and China did not, and therefore have only test numbers (with some exceptions – Soviet peaceful explosions were named). Word translations into English in parentheses unless the name is a proper noun. A dash followed by a number indicates a member of a salvo event.  The US also sometimes named the individual explosions in such a salvo test, which results in "name1 – 1(with name2)". If test is canceled or aborted, then the row data like date and location discloses the intended plans, where known.</ref>
 !style="background:#efefef;" | Date time ([[Universal Time|UT]])
 !style="background:#ffdead;" | Local [[Time Zone]]<ref group=note>To convert the UT time into standard local, add the number of hours in parentheses to the UT time; for local daylight saving time, add one additional hour. If the result is earlier than 00:00, add 24 hours and subtract 1 from the day; if it is 24:00 or later, subtract 24 hours and add 1 to the day.</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Time Zone Historical Database| publisher=iana.com| url=http://www.ietf.org/timezones/| access-date=8 March 2014| archive-date=11 March 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311224729/http://www.ietf.org/timezones/| url-status=live}}</ref>
 !style="background:#efefef;" | [[List of nuclear test sites|Location]]<ref group=note>Rough place name and a latitude/longitude reference; for rocket-carried tests, the launch location is specified before the detonation location, if known. Some locations are extremely accurate; others (like airdrops and space blasts) may be quite inaccurate. "~" indicates a likely pro-forma rough location, shared with other tests in that same area.</ref>
 !style="background:#ffdead;" | Elevation + height <ref group=note>Elevation is the ground level at the point directly below the explosion relative to sea level; height is the additional distance added or subtracted by tower, balloon, shaft, tunnel, air drop or other contrivance. For rocket bursts the ground level is "N/A". In some cases it is not clear if the height is absolute or relative to ground, for example, ''Plumbbob/John''.  No number or units indicates the value is unknown, while "0" means zero. Sorting on this column is by elevation and height added together.</ref>
 !style="background:#efefef;" | Delivery <ref group=note>Atmospheric, airdrop, balloon, gun, cruise missile, rocket, surface, tower, and barge are all disallowed by the [[Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty]]. Sealed shaft and tunnel are underground, and remained useful under the PTBT. Intentional cratering tests are borderline; they occurred under the treaty, were sometimes protested, and generally overlooked if the test was declared to be a peaceful use.</ref><br />Purpose <ref group=note>Include weapons development, weapon effects, safety test, transport safety test, war, science, joint verification and industrial/peaceful, which may be further broken down.</ref>
 !style="background:#efefef;" | [[List of nuclear weapons|Device]]<ref group=note>Designations for test items where known, "?" indicates some uncertainty about the preceding value, nicknames for particular devices in quotes. This category of information is often not officially disclosed.</ref>
 !style="background:#ffdead;" | [[Nuclear weapon yield|Yield]]<ref group=note>Estimated energy yield in [[TNT equivalent|tons, kilotons, and megatons]]. A ton of TNT equivalent is defined as 4.184&nbsp;gigajoules (1&nbsp;gigacalorie).</ref>
 !style="background:#efefef;" class="unsortable" | [[Nuclear fallout|Fallout]]<ref group=note>Radioactive emission to the atmosphere aside from prompt neutrons, where known.  The measured species is only iodine-131 if mentioned, otherwise it is all species. No entry means unknown, probably none if underground and "all" if not; otherwise notation for whether measured on the site only or off the site, where known, and the measured amount of radioactivity released.</ref>
 !style="background:#ffdead;" class="unsortable" | References
 !style="background:#efefef;" class="unsortable" | Notes
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 ! ''1''{{anchor|1}}
 | {{dts|format=mdy|1958|8|27}} 02:28:??
 | style="text-align:center;" | WET (0&nbsp;hrs)<br /> || Launch from South Atlantic Ocean {{coord|-38.5|-11.5|name=Launch_1|display=inline}}, elv: {{convert|0|+|0|m|abbr=on}};<br />Detonation over South Atlantic Ocean {{coord|-38.5|-11.5|name=1|display=inline}}
 | {{sort|170000|}}N/A + {{convert|170|km|sp=us}}
 | space rocket (> 80&nbsp;km),<br />weapon effect
 | [[W25 (nuclear warhead)|W-25]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|000001700|{{convert|1.7|ktTNT|abbr=on}}}}<ref name=DCI>{{Cite report| title = DCI Briefing to Joint Chiefs of Staff| date = 1963-07-30| url = https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JCS_briefing_(July_30,_1963).pdf| page=19| access-date = 2021-11-06| archive-date = 2021-11-06| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211106093822/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JCS_briefing_%28July_30,_1963%29.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref>
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 |<ref name=LT_148 /><ref name=LT_57 /><ref name=LT_44 /><ref name=LT_24 /><ref name=LT_6 /><ref name=LT_1 />
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 ! ''2''{{anchor|2}}
 | {{dts|format=mdy|1958|8|30}} 03:18:??
 | style="text-align:center;" | WET (0&nbsp;hrs)<br /> || Launch from South Atlantic Ocean {{coord|-49.5|-8.2|name=Launch_2|display=inline}}, elv: {{convert|0|+|0|m|abbr=on}};<br />Detonation over South Atlantic Ocean {{coord|-49.5|-8.2|name=2|display=inline}}
 | {{sort|310000|}}N/A + {{convert|310|km|sp=us}}
 | space rocket (> 80&nbsp;km),<br />weapon effect
 | [[W25 (nuclear warhead)|W-25]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|000001700|{{convert|1.7|ktTNT|abbr=on}}}}<ref name=DCI/>
 | 
 |<ref name=LT_148 /><ref name=LT_57 /><ref name=LT_44 /><ref name=LT_24 /><ref name=LT_6 /><ref name=LT_1 />
 | 
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 ! ''3''{{anchor|3}}
 | {{dts|format=mdy|1958|9|6}} 22:13:??
 | style="text-align:center;" | WET (0&nbsp;hrs)<br /> || Launch from South Atlantic Ocean {{coord|-48.5|-9.7|name=Launch_3|display=inline}}, elv: {{convert|0|+|0|m|abbr=on}};<br />Detonation over South Atlantic Ocean {{coord|-48.5|-9.7|name=3|display=inline}}
 | {{sort|794000|}}N/A + {{convert|794|km|sp=us}}
 | space rocket (> 80&nbsp;km),<br />weapon effect
 | [[W25 (nuclear warhead)|W-25]]
 | style="text-align:center;" | {{sort|000001700|{{convert|1.7|ktTNT|abbr=on}}}}<ref name=DCI/>
 | 
 |<ref name=LT_148 /><ref name=LT_57 /><ref name=LT_44 /><ref name=LT_24 /><ref name=LT_6 /><ref name=LT_1 />
 | 
 |}
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