Operation PLUMBBOB Weapon-Related Events, 1957
Event
Date
Type
Yield
BOLTZMANN
28 May
Tower
12 kilotons
FRANKLIN
2 June
Tower
LASSEN
5 June
Balloon
WILSON
18 June
Balloon
10 kilotons
PRISCILLA
24 June
Balloon
37 kilotons
5 July
Balloon
74 kilotons
HOOD
0.5 tons
DIABLO
15 July
Tower
17 kilotons
JOHN
19 July
Air to air
missile
about 2
kilotons
KEPLER
24 July
Tower
10 kilotons
OWENS
25 July
Balloon
STOKES
7 August
SHASTA
9.7 kilotons
Balloon
19 kilotons
18 August
Tower
17 kilotons
DOPPLER
23 August
Balloon
11 kilotons
FRANKLIN PRIME
30 August
Balloon
SMOKY
31 August
Tower
44 kilotons
11 kilotons
t
4.7 kilotons
GALILEO
2 September
Tower
WHEELER
6 September
Balloon
LAPLACE
8 September
Balloon
FIZEAU
14 September
Tower
11 kilotons
NEWTON
16 September
Balloon
12 kilotons
RAINIER
19 September
Tunnel
WHITNEY
23 September
Tower
19 kilotons
CHARLESTON
28 September
Balloon
12 kilotons
7 October
Balloon
8 kilotons
MORGAN
4.14.1
140 tons
197 tons
1 kilotons
1.7 kilotons
Background and Objectives of Operation PLUMBBOB.
Largely a joint AEC/DOD effort, Operation PLUMBBOB was planned as an
integral part of the continuing U.S. program for developing the means to
conduct nuclear warfare in defense of the Nation.
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The AEC wanted to test a