MINORSCALE

Minor Scale

Minor Scale was a test conducted on June 27, 1985 by the United States Defense Nuclear Agency involving the detonation of several thousand tons of conventional explosives to simulate the explosion of a small nuclear bomb. The purpose of the test was to evaluate the effect of nuclear blasts on various pieces of military hardware, particularly new, blast-hardened launchers for the Midgetman ballistic missile.

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minor scale

Noun

  1. A diatonic scale based upon a relative major scale by changing its tonic note by three semitones.


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