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ANNOUNCED NUCLEAR TESTS
Series
Date (GCT)
Location
Tyre oF surst
YIELD
{KILOTONS)
REMARKS
Trinity
July 16, 1945
Alamogordo, N. M.
World War II
Little Boy
Fat Mou
Tower
19
First nuclear detonation
Aug. 5, 1945
Aug. 9, 1945
Wiroshima, Japan
Nagasaki, Japun
Air
Air
12.5
22
June 30, 1946
July 24, 1946
Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atel]
Air
Underwater
Classified
Classified
Firat combat use
Second combat uso
Test of nuclear weapon effects on naval
vessels
Able
Baker
Sandstone
X-ray
Yoke
Zebra
Apr. 14, 1948
Apr. 30, 1948
May 14, 1948
Eniwetok Atoll
Eniwetok Atoll
Eniwetok Atoll
Tower
Tower
Tower
37
49
18
Ranger
Able
Baker
Easy
Baker-2
Fox
Jan,
Jan,
Feb,
Feb.
Feb.
27, 1951
28, 1951
1, 1951
2, 1951
6, 1951
Nevada test site
Nevada test site
Nevadatest site
Nevadatestsite
Nevada testsite
Air
Air
Air
Air
Air
1
8
1
8
22
Greenhouse
Dog
Easy
George
Tem
Apr. 7, 1951
Apr. 20, 1951
May 8, 1951
May 24, 1951
Eniwetok Atoll
Eniwetok Atoll
Eniwetok Atoll
Eniwetok Atoll
Tower
Tower
Tower
Tower
Classified
47
Classified
Classified
UNITED STATES TESTS
Crossroads
Buster-Jangle
Able
Baker
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Sugar
Unel
nele
Cumbler-Snapper
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First Commission teat aetics
First tests held at Nevada test site
Demonstrated thermonuclear principles
Oct. 22, 195]
Oct,
Oct.
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New
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28, 1951
30, 1951
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19,
1951
Nov. 29, 1951
Nevada testsile
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Nevadatest site
Nevadatestsite
Nevada testsite
el
Air
Air
Air
Air
Nevadateatsite
SOL
35
14
21
31
Surface
Nevadatest site
Under
12
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12
Apr. 1, 1952
Nevada test site
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Nevada test site
Air
Air
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Dog
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Nevada teat site
Ait
31
Easy
For
MayYu7,
Mt
Nevadatest site
George
How
June 5
1, 1952
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ne 9, 1952
Naradatee ne
Nevada test ai
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Nevadatest: site
Nevada testsite
Air
Tower
m7
Power
Tower
Tower
Tests of improved device designs
Tests of improved device designs
19
12
nN
15
14
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Mike
King
ited Kingdom
Turricane
Oct. 31, 1952
Noy. 15, 1952
‘est No.3
Ain
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Classified
Firet thermonuclear detonation
FOREIGN TESTS
Oct. 3, 1952
Monte Bello Islands,
Australia
Ship
Aug. 29, 1949
Oct, 3, 1951 *
Oct. 22, 1951 *
U.S.S.R,
U.S.S.R,
Air
Air
Air
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“eat No.1
‘est No. 2
Eniwetok
Eniwetok Aol
USSR,
Kiloton range
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date of detonation.
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