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SAN JUAt: (Puerto Rico). Tni United States Navjiilljout its atomic defers to their biggest tes! in manoeuvres in he Caribbean. t
A two-edned “enemy” will try tolling off a simulated domic air burst over timers and four othe warships gathered ii an “amphibious sault” on Vieques Isfed, off the south-east coast of Puerto Rici The Neptune has be: announced as the tpe of plane the Navy mid use to carry atom tombs.
The Naif! current manoeuvres are the largest in ijLiacetime history. ’ Ifeu officers claim that hey have planned a extended formation tot would hold losses tom atom bombing toimaximum of one shij * i *
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Northern Advocate, 28 February 1949, Page 5
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