This Day in Nuclear Testing

29 March

1955 – Two US nuclear tests. Shots Apple-1 and Wasp Prime, Operation Teapot.
Operation Teapot
Operation Teapot - Wikipedia

1963 – US nuclear test. Shot Gerbil, Operation Storax.
Operation Storax
Operation Storax - Wikipedia

1976 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 438, Galit A3.1.
1976 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1977 – Four Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 457-1,-2,-3, 458.
1977 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1981 – Three Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 568-1,-2,-3.
1981 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1984 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 634.
1984 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia
 
4 April

1967 – US nuclear test. Shot Oakland, Operation Latchkey.
Operation Latchkey - Wikipedia

1968 – US nuclear test. Shot Bevel, Operation Crosstie.
Operation Crosstie - Wikipedia

1969 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 298.
1969 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1979 – France nuclear test. Shot Polydore.
1979–80 French nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1980 – France nuclear test. Shot Pelops.
1979–80 French nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1980 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 544.
1980 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1991 – US nuclear test. Shot Bexar, Operation Sculpin.
Operation Sculpin - Wikipedia
 
5 April

1962 – US nuclear test. Shot Dormouse Prime, Operation Nougat.
Operation Nougat
Operation Nougat - Wikipedia

1963 – US nuclear test. Shot Ferret Prime, Operation Storax.
Operation Storax
Operation Storax - Wikipedia

1965 – US nuclear test. Shot Kestrel, Operation Whetstone.
Operation Whetstone - Wikipedia

1973 – US nuclear test. Shot Natoma, Operation Toggle.
Operation Toggle - Wikipedia

1975 – US nuclear test. Shot Dining Car, Operation Bedrock.
Operation Bedrock - Wikipedia

1977 – US nuclear test. Shot Marsilly, Operation Fulcrum.
Operation Fulcrum - Wikipedia
 
6 April

1953 – US nuclear test. Shot Dixie, Operation Upshot-Knothole.
Operation Upshot-Knothole
Operation Upshot–Knothole - Wikipedia

1954 – US nuclear test. Shot Koon, Operation Castle.
Operation Castle
Operation Castle - Wikipedia

1955 – US nuclear test. Shot HA (High Altitude), Operation Teapot.
Operation Teapot
Operation Teapot - Wikipedia

1957 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 37 (Joe 32).
1957 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1962 – US nuclear test. Shot Passaic, Operation Nougat.
Operation Nougat
Operation Nougat - Wikipedia

1966 – US nuclear test. Shot Stutz, Operation Flintlock.
Operation Flintlock (nuclear test) - Wikipedia

1967 – US nuclear test. Shot Heilman, Operation Latchkey.
Operation Latchkey - Wikipedia

1982 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot unnumbered #6.
1982 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1985 – US nuclear test. Shot Misty Rain, Operation Grenadier.
Operation Grenadier - Wikipedia

1990 – US nuclear test. Shot Bowie, Operation Aqueduct.
Operation Aqueduct - Wikipedia
 
10 April

1957 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 38 (Joe 33).
1957 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1963 – UK nuclear test. Shot B3-Lima 3, Operation Vixen.
Operation Vixen - Wikipedia

1963 – US nuclear test. Shot Coypu, Operation Storax.
Operation Storax
Operation Storax - Wikipedia

1968 – Two US nuclear tests. Shots Noor and Throw, Operation Crosstie.
Operation Crosstie - Wikipedia

1976 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 439.
1976 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1979 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 517.
1979 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1980 – Two Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 545 -1, -2.
1980 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1981 – France nuclear test. Shot Clymene. First French underground test in atoll lagoon.
1981–82 French nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1986 – US nuclear test. Shot Mighty Oak, Operation Charioteer.
Operation Charioteer - Wikipedia
 
11 April

1953 – US nuclear test. Shot Ray, Operation Upshot-Knothole.
Operation Upshot-Knothole
Operation Upshot–Knothole - Wikipedia

1963 – US nuclear test. Shot Cumberland, Operation Storax.
Operation Storax
Operation Storax - Wikipedia

1972 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 358, Krator.
1972 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1978 – Two US nuclear tests. Shots Backbeach and Fondutta (with UK), Operation Cresset.
Operation Cresset - Wikipedia
British nuclear testing in the United States - Wikipedia

1983 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot unnumbered #7.
1983 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia
 
14 April

1948 – US nuclear test. Shot X-ray, Operation Sandstone. First test at Eniwetok Atoll.
Operation Sandstone
Operation Sandstone - Wikipedia

1962 – US nuclear test. Shot Platte, Operation Nougat.
Operation Nougat
Operation Nougat - Wikipedia

1963 – UK nuclear test. Shot B3-Lima 4, Operation Vixen.
Operation Vixen - Wikipedia

1964 – US nuclear test. Shot Hook, Operation Niblick.
Operation Niblick - Wikipedia

1965 – US nuclear test. Shot Palanquin, Operation Whetstone (Plowshare).
Project Plowshare - Wikipedia
Operation Whetstone - Wikipedia

1966 – US nuclear test. Shot Duryea, Operation Flintlock.
Operation Flintlock (nuclear test) - Wikipedia

1983 – US nuclear test. Shot Turquoise, Operation Phalanx.
Operation Phalanx - Wikipedia
 

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