APPENDIX V
United States Announced Nuclear
Detonations and Early Stockpile Data
1945 - 1974
Event or Series Name Description
Trinity ........- 00.00 ee
Hiroshima .............
Dates
First test of anatomic ... July 16, 1945
bomb
First use in combat...... August6, 1945
Nagasaki.............. Second use in combat... August 9, 1945
Crossroads... 6... eet ees June - July 1946
Sandstone ........ 0... cece cece ete eas
Ranger... 0... cece rete eee e et aee
Greenhouse ........0 0.0 ccc cee cents
Buster-Jangle. 0.0.0... cee eas
April - May 1948
January - February 1951
April - May 1951
October - November 1951
a
Mike, experimental. .....
thermonuclear device
Upshot-Knothole.. 0.0... .00 00. cc eee ee eae
October - November 1952
October 31, 1952
Tumbler-Snapper ......... 0.0.00 eee e eee eee April - June 1952
March - June 1953
Castle 0 cc cence reece nee nnes February - May 1954
:
Bravo, experimental. .... February 28, 1954
thermonuclear device
Teapot occ eee eee tenet nes
February - May 1955
Redwing... 0.0... cee ccc cen eee nees
May- July 1956
Hardtack. 0... ce cece cece e ences
September - October 1958
Wig“wam. oo... cece ee ete eens May14, 1965
Plumbbob... 2.0... ences May - October 1957
Hardtack. 0.00... ccc cee ee tenets April - August 1958
AIQUS 66 e tt eee e eee eee August - September 1958
NO TESTS CONDUCTED FROM OCTOBER30, 1958 to SEPTEMBER 1961
Nougat ..... 0.2... ccc ence eee nee tne
September 1961 - June
Dominic 2.0.00. ccc ccc ete e eens
StOFAX. cee eect e teen eens
Sedan, excavation ......
experiment
Dominic tl. ............ Three above ground tests.
April 1962 - June 1962
July 1962 - June 1963
July 6, 1962
1962
July 1962
_LIMITED TEST BAND TREATY, AUG. 5, 1963, PROHIBITED NUCLEAR
DETONATIONS IN ATMOSPHERE, OUTER SPACE AND UNDER WATER
Niblick. 0c cece eee cents August1963 - June 1964
Whetstone... 0... ccc ccc eee ans July 1964 - June 1965
Flintlock 20.0... ccc cece eee nee eenes July 1965 - June 1966
Latchkey. 0... ce cece teens July 1966 - June 1967
Crossti@. 0. cence ee teense: July 1967 - June 1968
Bowline. 0 cece eee eens July 1968 - June 1969
Mandrel ........ 0... ccc cece cece eens
EMELY 00 ee te eee eee ee teens
Grommet ..... 0. ccc cee eect e eee eeees
Toggle... cece eee ete e nee
Arbor. occ ee een e ne enes
Bedrock «0... ect e eens
July 1969 - June 1970
October 1970 - June 1971
July 1971 - May 1972
July 1972 - June 1973
October 1973 - June 1974
July 1974 -