JAPAN: JET FIGHTERS FLY TO SEARCH FOR SEARCH FOR RADIO-ACTIVE FALLOUT FROM CHINESE HYDROGEN BOMB EXPLOSION

Record ID: 375930

  • Title: JAPAN: JET FIGHTERS FLY TO SEARCH FOR SEARCH FOR RADIO-ACTIVE FALLOUT FROM CHINESE HYDROGEN BOMB EXPLOSION
  • Date: 21st June 1967
  • Summary: AIRMEN PREPARE JET WINGS WITH GUMMED PAPER; JETS TAKE OFF. Initials PW/VS/MGT/ES EDITORS: VISNEWS PROD. NUMBER 5971/67 - JAPAN: JAPANESE DEFENCE AGENCY CHECKS FOR FALLOUT AFTER THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA EXPLODES FIRST HYDROGEN BOMB -- SERVICED 20 JUNE 67, ALSO REFERS. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 6th July 1967 13:00
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  • Location: TSUKUSHI -- JAPAN
  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVA189E40F01K1JRK0BCJDW0A0AN
  • Story Text: THE JAPANESE DEFENCE AGENCY, CONTINUING ITS TESTING OF THE ATMOSPHERE FOLLOWING THE EXPLOSION AT THE WEEKEND OF A HYDROGEN BOMB BY THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, HAS MADE HIGH-ALTITUDE TESTS, USING JET FIGHTERS TO COLLECT SAMPLES.

    FLYING FROM TSUKUSHI AIR BASE IN WESTERN JAPAN, F-86 JETS WITH SPECIALLY-PREPARED GUMMED PAPER FIXED TO THE LEADING EDGES OF THEIR WINGS, PATROLLED AT A HEIGHT OF 30,000 FEET IN AN AIR STREAM WHICH WAS THOUGHT LIKELY TO CARRY ANY RADIO-ACTIVE PARTICLES FROM THE CHINESE MAINLAND.

    THE GUMMED PAPER WAS LATER ANALYSED AT THE JAPANESE RADIO-ACTIVITY COUNTERMEASURES HEADQUARTERS. NO REPORTS OF THEIR FINDINGS HAVE YET BEEN MADE.

    SIMILAR FLIGHTS ARE BEING MADE DAILY FROM TSUKUSHI AND OTHER AIR BASES IN WESTERN JAPAN.
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