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 -