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Boltzmann | May 28, 1957 | Oct 7, 1957 |
Operation Plumbbob was a series of nuclear tests conducted between May 28 and October 7, 1957, at the Nevada Test Site, following Project 57, and preceding Project 58. It was the biggest, longest, and most controversial test series in the...
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| x Operation Teapot |
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May 5, 1955 |
Operation Teapot was a series of fourteen nuclear test explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the first half of 1955. It was preceded by Operation Castle, and followed by Operation Wigwam. The aims of the operation were to establish...
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| x British nuclear tests at Maralinga | 1955 | 1963 |
British nuclear tests at Maralinga occurred between 1955 and 1963 at the Maralinga site, part of the Woomera Prohibited Area, in South Australia. A total of seven nuclear tests were performed, with approximate yields ranging from 1 to 27 kilotons of...
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| x Operation Crossroads |
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Able | Jul 1, 1946 | Jul 25, 1946 |
Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. It was the first test of a nuclear weapon after the Trinity nuclear test in July 1945. Its purpose was to investigate the effect of...
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| x Operation Dominic I and II |
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1962 | 1963 |
Operation Dominic was a series of 36 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1962 by the United States in the Pacific. This test series was scheduled quickly, in order to respond in kind to the Soviet resumption of testing after the tacit 1958-1961...
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| x Operation Storax |
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Sedan | 1962 | 1963 |
Operation Storax was a series of 48 American nuclear tests which took place in 1962 and 1963, including the Sedan blast, which was part of the Plowshare program.
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| x Operation Ranger |
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1951 |
Operation Ranger was the fourth American nuclear test series. It was conducted in 1951 and was the first series to be carried out at the Nevada Test Site. All the bombs were exploded in the open air, having been dropped by B-50 bombers.
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| x Vela Uniform |
Vela Uniform was an element of Project Vela conducted jointly by the United States Department of Energy and the Advanced Research Projects Agency. Its purpose was to develop seismic methods for detecting underground nuclear testing, and it involved...
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| x Operation Quicksilver | 1978 |
Operation Quicksilver (United States, 1978 - 1979) was a nuclear test series of eighteen blasts conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1978 and 1979. This preceded Tinderbox, and followed Cresset. The individual tests were:
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| x Operation Hardtack |
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1958 |
Operation Hardtack was a two-part nuclear test series composed of:
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| x Operation Buster-Jangle |
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1951 |
Operation Buster-Jangle was a series of seven (six atmospheric, one underground) nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States in late 1951 at the Nevada Test Site. Buster-Jangle was the first joint test program between the DOD and Los Alamos...
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| x Operation Tinderbox | 1979 |
Operation Tinderbox was a series of fifteen nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1979 and 1980. These tests followed the Quicksilver series and preceded Guardian. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Nougat |
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1961 |
Operation Nougat was a series of 45 nuclear tests conducted (with one exception) at the Nevada Test Site in 1961 and 1962, immediately after the Soviet Union abrogated a testing moratorium, with the US' "Mink" test shot taking place the day before...
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| x Operation Niblick | 1963 |
Operation Niblick was a series of 41 underground nuclear explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1963 and 1964. It followed the Dominic I & II and Nougat series, and preceded Whetstone.
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| x Operation Crosstie | 1967 |
Operation Crosstie was a series of 48 nuclear tests mostly conducted in Nevada during 1967 and 1968. These tests followed the Latchkey series and preceded Bowline.
The blast designated Gasbuggy involved an underground detonation, intended to...
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| x Operation Mandrel | 1969 |
Operation Mandrel was a series of 53 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1969 and 1970. This test series included a 1.2 megaton "calibration shot" code-named Milrow, which was detonated 1,220 metres (4,000 ft) underground at Amchitka Island, Alaska...
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| x Operation Emery |
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1970 |
Operation Emery was a series of twelve nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site. These explosions occurred in 1970 and 1971, after the Mandrel series and before Grommet.
The Baneberry blast was notable for the 6.7 million curies (250...
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| x Operation Upshot-Knothole |
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1953 |
Operation Upshot-Knothole was a series of eleven nuclear test shots conducted in 1953 at the Nevada Test Site.
Over twenty-one thousand soldiers took part in the ground exercise Desert Rock V in conjunction with the Grable shot. Grable was a 280mm...
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| x Little Feller | Jul 7, 1962 |
Little Feller II and Little Feller I were code names for a set of nuclear tests undertaken by the United States at the Nevada Test Site on July 7 and July 17, 1962 as part of Operation Sunbeam. They were both tests of stockpiled W54 warheads, the...
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| x Operation Whetstone | 1964 |
Operation Whetstone was a series of 48 American nuclear tests conducted in 1964 and 1965. These followed the Niblick series and were in turn followed by Flintlock. All but one of these blasts were conducted beneath the Nevada Test Site. The...
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| x Operation Bowline | 1968 |
Operation Bowline was a series of 48 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1968 and 1969 at the Nevada Test Site. These blasts followed Crosstie and preceded Mandrel.
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| x Operation Sandstone |
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1948 |
Operation Sandstone was a series of nuclear weapon tests in 1948. It was the third series of American tests, following Crossroads and preceding Ranger. Like the Crossroads tests, the Sandstone tests were carried at the Pacific Proving Grounds,...
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| x Operation Latchkey | 1966 |
Operation Latchkey was a series of 38 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1966 and 1967 at the Nevada Test Site (with one exception).
These tests followed the Flintlock series and were in turn followed by Crosstie. The individual explosions were:
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| x Operation Sunbeam |
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1962 |
Operation Sunbeam was a series of four nuclear tests conducted at the United States of America's Nevada Test Site in 1962. Operation Sunbeam tested a number of small, "tactical" nuclear warheads. Most notable of these was the Davy Crockett.
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| x Operation Tumbler-Snapper |
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1952 |
Operation Tumbler-Snapper was a series of atomic tests conducted by the United States in early 1952 at the Nevada Test Site. The Tumbler-Snapper Series of tests followed Operation Buster-Jangle, and preceded Operation Ivy.
The Tumbler phase...
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| x Operation Redwing |
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May 1956 |
Operation Redwing was a United States series of 17 nuclear test detonations from May to July 1956. They were conducted at Bikini and Enewetak atolls. The entire operation followed Operation Wigwam and preceded Operation Plumbbob. The primary...
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| x Operation Greenhouse |
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1951 |
Operation Greenhouse was the fifth American nuclear test series, the second conducted in 1951 and the first to test principles that would lead to developing thermonuclear weapons (hydrogen bombs). Conducted at the new Pacific Proving Ground, all of...
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| x Operation Argus |
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Sep 1958 |
Operation Argus was a series of nuclear weapons tests and missile tests secretly conducted during August and September 1958 over the South Atlantic Ocean by the United States's Defense Nuclear Agency, in conjunction with the Explorer 4 space mission...
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| x Project 56 | Nov 1955 |
Project 56 was a series of open-air nuclear tests conducted by the United States in Area 11 of the Nevada Test Site between 1955 and 1956.
These experiments were one-point safety tests. Their purpose was to determine whether a weapon or warhead...
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| x Operation Phalanx | 1982 |
Operation Phalanx was a series of 19 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1982 and 1983. These tests followed the Praetorian series and preceded Fusileer. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Praetorian | 1981 |
Operation Praetorian was a series of 22 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1981 and 1982. These tests followed the Guardian series and preceded Phalanx. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Fusileer | 1983 |
Operation Fusileer was a series of 17 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1983 and 1984. These tests followed the Phalanx series and preceded Grenadier. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Grenadier | 1984 |
Operation Grenadier was a series of 17 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1984 and 1985. These tests followed the Fusileer series and preceded Charioteer. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Charioteer | 1985 |
Operation Charioteer was a series of 18 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1985 and 1986. These tests followed the Grenadier series and preceded Operation Musketeer (Nuclear test).
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| x Operation Musketeer | 1986 |
Operation Musketeer was a series of 15 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1986 and 1987. These tests followed the Charioteer series and preceded Touchstone. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Touchstone | 1987 |
Operation Touchstone was a series of 14 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1987 and 1988. These tests followed the Musketeer series and preceded Cornerstone. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Cornerstone | 1988 |
Operation Cornerstone was a series of 12 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1988 and 1989. These tests followed the Touchstone series and preceded Aqueduct. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Aqueduct | 1989 |
Operation Aqueduct was a series of 11 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1989 and 1990. These tests followed the Cornerstone series and preceded Sculpin.
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| x Operation Sculpin | 1990 |
Operation Sculpin was a series of 8 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1990 and 1991. These tests followed the Aqueduct series and preceded Julin. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Julin | 1991 |
Operation Julin was a series of 8 underground nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1991 and 1992. This test series followed the Sculpin series and was the last nuclear test series conducted by the U.S. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Grommet | 1971 |
Operation Grommet was a series of 34 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1971 and 1972 including one in Alaska in 1971. These tests followed the Emery series and preceded Toggle.
Cannikin was the largest U.S underground nuclear...
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| x Operation Toggle | 1972 |
Operation Toggle was a series of 28 nuclear tests conducted in 1972 and 1973. All but Rio Blanco took place at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the Grommet series and preceded Arbor. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Arbor | 1973 |
Operation Arbor was a series of 19 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1973 and 1974. These tests followed the Toggle series and preceded Operation Bedrock.
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| x Operation Bedrock | 1974 |
Operation Bedrock was a series of 27 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1974 and 1975. These tests followed the Arbor series and preceded Anvil.
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| x Operation Fulcrum | 1976 |
Operation Fulcrum was a series of 21 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1976 and 1977. These tests followed the Anvil series and preceded Cresset. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Cresset | 1977 |
Operation Cresset was a series of 23 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1977 and 1978. These tests followed the Fulcrum series and preceded Quicksilver. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Anvil | 1975 |
Operation Anvil was a series of 21 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1975 and 1976. These tests followed the Bedrock series and preceded Fulcrum.
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| x Operation Roller Coaster | 1963 |
Operation Roller Coaster was a series of open-air nuclear tests conducted by the United States on the Tonopah Test Range in 1963. The tests examined the dispersal of plutonium in storage and transportation accidents and were not expected to produce...
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| x Operation Flintlock |
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1965 |
Operation Flintlock was a series of 48 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site and Amchitka in 1965 and 1966. These tests followed the Whetstone series and preceded Latchkey. The individual blasts were:
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| x Operation Castle |
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Mar 1954 |
Operation Castle was a United States series of high-energy (high-yield) nuclear tests by Joint Task Force SEVEN (JTF-7) at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954. It followed Operation Upshot-Knothole and preceded Operation Teapot.
Conducted as a...
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| x Operation Ivy |
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Operation Ivy was the eighth series of American nuclear tests, coming after Tumbler-Snapper and before Upshot-Knothole. Its purpose was to help upgrade the U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons in response to the Soviet nuclear weapons program. The two...
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| x Operation Buffalo |
Operation Buffalo may refer to:
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| x Operation Grapple | 1956 |
Operation Grapple, and operations Grapple X, Grapple Y and Grapple Z, were the names of British nuclear weapons tests of very-early hydrogen bombs. These tests were carried out from 1956 through 1958 at Malden Island and Christmas Island in the...
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| x Operation Hurricane |
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Oct 3, 1952 |
Operation Hurricane was the test of the first British atomic device on 3 October 1952. A plutonium implosion device was detonated in the lagoon between the Montebello Islands, Western Australia.
The weapon was a close copy of the Fat Man (Nagasaki)...
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| x Operation Mosaic | 1956 |
Operation Mosaic was a series of two atmospheric nuclear tests conducted by Britain in the Montebello Islands off the north-west coast of Australia in 1956. It was preceded by Operation Totem (1953) and succeeded by Operation Buffalo (1956) both...
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| x Operation Totem |
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Oct 1953 |
Operation Totem was a pair of British atmospheric nuclear tests which took place on 15th October 1953. The only ones conducted at a temporary site in Australia, Emu Field, they followed the Operation Hurricane test of the first British atomic bomb...
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| x The K Project |
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1961 |
The K Project, or also Operation K, was a series of five high altitude nuclear explosions, nuclear tests performed by the Soviet Union during the years 1961 and 1962. Their purpose was to test the performance of anti-ballistic missiles of the ABM...
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| x Chagai-I | 1998 |
Chagai-I was the codename referring to the five underground nuclear tests conducted by Pakistan at 15:15hrs (3:15 pm PST) on 28 May 1998. The tests were performed in a secret Chagai weapon-testing laboratories, located in the Chagai District of the...
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