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Project Camel

Aerial view of Naval Air Station China Lake. A Grumman F7F Tigercat flies over Armitage Field.

Project Camel encompassed the work performed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in support of the Manhattan Project during World War II. These activities included the development of detonators and other equipment, testing of bomb shapes dropped from Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, and the Salt Wells Pilot Plant, where explosive components of nuclear weapons were manufactured.


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Projet Camel French 骆驼计划 Chinese

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