THE SMART TRICK OF PERATION HARDTACK THAT NOBODY IS DISCUSSING

With test moratoriums over the horizon, American weapons labs rushed out several new types. A tough deadline for testing was established at midnight (0000 hrs), 31 Oct 1958, as negotiations were being established to get started on that working day, and the schedule shows it, with 29 tests executed in October, four of these on the final working day.