Atmospheric Nuclear Tests Conducted by the US in the Marshall Islands | ||||||||||
U.S. NUCLEAR DETONATIONS IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS (Unless indicated otherwise, stated purpose of all tests was "Weapons Related") No. Date (M/D/Y) Name Atoll Type Yield Operation Crossroads: 1 6/30/46 Able Bikini B-29 Airdrop (520 ft.) 23 kilotons 2 7/24/4 Baker Bikini Underwater (-90 ft.) 23 kilotons Operation Sandstone: 3 4/14/48 X-Ray Enewetak Tower (200 ft.) 37 kilotons 4 4/30/48 Yoke Enewetak Tower (200 ft.) 49 kilotons 5 5/14/48 Zebra Enewetak Tower (200 ft.) 18 kilotons Operation Greenhouse: 6 4/7/51 Dog Enewetak Tower (300 ft.) 81 kilotons 7 4/20/51 Easy Enewetak Tower (300 ft.) 47 kilotons 8 5/8/51 George Enewetak Tower (200 ft.) 225 kilotons 9 5/24/51 Item Enewetak Tower (200 ft.) 45.5 kilotons Operation Ivy: 10 10/31/52 Mike (1) Enewetak Surface 10.4 megatons 11 11/15/52 King Enewetak Airdrop 500 kilotons Operation Castle: 12 2/28/54 Bravo (2) Bikini Surface 15 megatons 13 3/26/54 Romeo Bikini Barge 11 megatons 14 4/6/54 Koon Bikini Surface 110 kilotons 15 4/25/54 Union Bikini Barge 6.9 megatons 16 5/4/54 Yankee Bikini Barge 13.5 megatons 17 5/13/54 Nectar Bikini Barge 1.69 megatons Operation Redwing: 18 5/4/56 Lacrosse Enewetak Surface 40 kilotons 19 5/20/56 Cherokee Bikini Airdrop 3.8 megatons 20 5/27/56 Zuni Bikini Surface 3.5 megatons 21 5/27/56 Yuma Enewetak Tower (205 ft.) .19 kilotons 22 5/30/56 Erie Enewetak Tower (300 ft.) 14.9 kilotons 23 6/6/56 Seminole Enewetak Surface 13.7 kilotons 24 6/11/56 Flathead Bikini Barge 365 kilotons 25 6/11/56 Blackfoot Enewetak Tower (200 ft.) 8 kilotons 26 6/13/56 Kickapoo Enewetak Tower (300 ft.) 1.49 kilotons 27 6/16/56 Osage Enewetak Airdrop (600-700 ft.) 1.7 kilotons 28 6/21/56 Inca Enewetak Tower (200 ft.) 15.2 kilotons 29 6/25/56 Dakota Bikini Barge 1.1 megaton 30 7/2/56 Mohawk Enewetak Tower (300 ft.) 360 kilotons 31 7/8/56 Apache Enewetak Barge 1.85 megatons 32 7/10/56 Navajo Bikini Barge 4.5 megatons 33 7/20/56 Tewa Bikini Barge 5 megatons 34 7/21/56 Huron Enewetak Barge 250 kilotons Operation Hardtack I: 35 4/28/58 Yucca Near Enewetak (3) Balloon (86,000 ft.) 1.7 kilotons 36 5/5/58 Cactus Enewetak Surface 18 kilotons 37 5/11/58 Fir Bikini Barge 1.36 megatons 38 5/11/58 Butternut Enewetak Barge 81 kilotons 39 5/12/58 Koa Enewetak Surface 1.37 megatons 40 5/16/58 Wahoo Enewetak Underwater (-500 ft.) 9 kilotons 41 5/20/58 Holly Enewetak Barge 5.9 kilotons 42 5/21/58 Nutmeg Bikini Barge 25.1 kilotons 43 5/26/58 Yellowwood Enewetak Barge 330 kilotons 44 5/26/58 Magnolia Enewetak Barge 57 kilotons 45 5/30/58 Tobacco Enewetak Barge 11.6 kilotons 46 5/31/58 Sycamore Bikini Barge 92 kilotons 47 6/2/58 Rose Enewetak Barge 15 kilotons 48 6/8/58 Umbrella Enewetak Underwater (-150 ft.) 8 kilotons 49 6/10/58 Maple Bikini Barge 213 kilotons 50 6/14/58 Aspen Bikini Barge 319 kilotons 51 6/14/58 Walnut Enewetak Barge 1.45 megatons 52 6/18/58 Linden Enewetak Barge 11 kilotons 53 6/27/58 Redwood Bikini Barge 412 kilotons 54 6/27/58 Elder Enewetak Barge 880 kilotons 55 6/28/58 Oak Enewetak Barge 8.9 megatons 56 6/29/58 Hickory Bikini Barge 14 kilotons 57 7/1/58 Sequoia Enewetak Barge 5.2 kilotons 58 7/2/58 Cedar Bikini Barge 220 kilotons 59 7/5/58 Dogwood Enewetak Barge 397 kilotons 60 7/12/58 Poplar Bikini Barge 9.3 megatons 61 7/14/58 Scaevola (4) Enewetak Barge 0 62 7/17/58 Pisonia Enewetak Barge 255 kilotons 63 7/22/58 Juniper Bikini Barge 65 kilotons 64 7/22/58 Olive Enewetak Barge 202 kilotons 65 7/26/58 Pine Enewetak Barge 2 megatons 66 8/6/58 Quince Enewetak Surface 0 ("fizzle") 67 8/18/58 Fig Enewetak Surface 0.02 |
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