This Day in Nuclear Testing

[whitehall]

"Scientists were concerned"? Scientists were in charge since the Generals didn't have a clue. The problem was that the Truman administration wasn't concerned.

Scientists may have been making the day to day experimental decisions as the Trinity test approached, but it was still an Army project. I doubt the Truman administration knew enough to be concerned or not. By the Trinity test, Truman had been president only a few months and he had many other things on his mind. As you said, the Army didn't have a clue. It was all too new.

An Army project but the Army may have used American Troops as gunea pigs and Harry Truman obviously didn't have a freaking clue. Who the hell was in charge?

 

[mhansen2]

1 September

1961 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 84 (Joe 75).
1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1965 – Two US nuclear tests. Shots Moa and Screamer, Operation Flintlock.
Operation Flintlock (nuclear test) - Wikipedia

1977 – Four Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 467-1 thru -4.
1977 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

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

US nuclear accident

Unknown date September

1959 – NIKE HERCULES / Overseas Base

Due to high winds, a NIKE HERCULES missile was damaged while on its launch rail. The launch rail tore loose from the missile while the missile was being elevated for testing during a windstorm. The launch umbilical plug was sheared and the aft portion of the missile skin suffered moderate damage. The NIKE was taken off from the launcher, its JATO boosters removed, and then examined for further damage.

Chuck Hansen, “The Swords of Armageddon,” Vol. VII, p.256

 

[mhansen2]

2 September

1956 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 30 (Joe 25).
1956 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1957 - US nuclear test. Shot Galileo, Operation Plumbbob.
Operation Plumbbob - Wikipedia
Operation Plumbbob

1958 – UK nuclear test. Shot Z2/Flagpole 1, Operation Grapple.
Operation Grapple - Wikipedia

1962 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 163.
1962 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1967 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 271.
1967 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1969 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 304, Grifon I.
1969 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1972 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 369.
1972 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1981 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 576 Gelly 1.
1981 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1982 – US nuclear test. Shot Cerro, Operation Praetorian.
Operation Praetorian - Wikipedia

1989 – Two Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 712-1,-2.
1989 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

3 September

1953 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 6 (Joe 6).
1953 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

3 September addendum

2017 - North Korea nuclear test. Shot 6.
List of nuclear weapons tests of North Korea - Wikipedia
North Korea tests most powerful nuclear bomb yet - CNN
North Korea claims hydrogen bomb test was 'perfect success,' 6th nuclear test
M 6.3 Explosion - 22km ENE of Sungjibaegam, North Korea
North Korea Has Executed Its Sixth Nuclear Test (Updating Live)

 

[mhansen2]

4 September

1961 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 85 (Joe 76).
1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1964 – US nuclear test. Shot Guanay, Operation Whetstone.
Operation Whetstone - Wikipedia

1972 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 370, Dnepr 1.
1972 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1981 – US nuclear test. Shot Trebbiano, Operation Guardian.
Operation Guardian - Wikipedia

1982 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 595 Rift 1.
1982 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1986 – US nuclear test. Shot Galveston, Operation Charioteer.
Operation Charioteer - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

Timeline: A Brief History of North Korea's Nuclear Weapon Development - USNI News

 

[mhansen2]

5 September

1961 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 86 (Joe 77).
1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1968 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 289.
1968 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1977 – Two Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 468-1,-2.
1977 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1995 – France nuclear test. Shot Tethys.
1995–96 French nuclear tests - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

6 September


1957 – Two US nuclear tests. Shots Wheeler and Coulomb-B, Operation Plumbbob.
Operation Plumbbob
Operation Plumbbob - Wikipedia

1958 - US nuclear test. Shot Argus III, Operation Argus.
Operation Argus
Operation Argus - Wikipedia

1961 – Two Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 87 (Joe 78) and 88 Groza (Joe
79). 1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1962 – Soviet nuclear test. unnumbered #4.
1962 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1962 – US nuclear test. Shot Raritan, Operation Storax.
Operation Storax
Operation Storax - Wikipedia

1968 – US nuclear test. Shot Noggin, Operation Bowline.
Operation Bowline - Wikipedia

1970 – Two Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 325 and 326.
1970 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1975 – US nuclear test. Shot Marsh, Operation Anvil.
Operation Anvil (nuclear test) - Wikipedia

1979 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 529 Kimberlit 3.
1979 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1979 – US nuclear test. Shot Hearts, Operation Quicksilver.
Operation Quicksilver (1978) - Wikipedia

1988 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 700 Rubin 1.
1988 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

7 September

1957 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 43 (Joe 37).
1957 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1960 – UK nuclear test. Shot B1, Operation Vixen.
Operation Vixen - Wikipedia

1966 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 254.
1966 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1967 – US nuclear test. Shot Yard, Operation Crosstie.
Operation Crosstie - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

8 September

1953 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 7.
1953 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1957 - US nuclear test. Shot Laplace, Operation Plumbbob.
Operation Plumbbob
Operation Plumbbob - Wikipedia

1962 – Soviet nuclear test.
1962 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1968 – France nuclear test. Shot Procyon.
1966–70 French nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1969 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 305, Grifon II.
1969 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1979 – US nuclear test. Shot Pera, Operation Quicksilver.
Operation Quicksilver (1978) - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

9 September

1961 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 89.
1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1984 – Four Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 648-1 thru -4.
1984 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

2016 – North Korea nuclear test (Shot 5)
List of nuclear weapons tests of North Korea - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

10 September

1953 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 8 (Joe 7).
1953 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1956 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 31 (Joe 26).
1956 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1961 – Three Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 90, Vozduj (Joe 80), 91 (Joe 82)
and 92 (Joe 81). 1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1965 – US/UK nuclear test. Shot Charcoal, Operation Flintlock.
Operation Flintlock (nuclear test) - Wikipedia
British nuclear testing in the United States - Wikipedia

1969 – US nuclear test. Shot Rulison, Operation Mandrel (Plowshare).
Operation Plowshare - Wikipedia
Operation Mandrel - Wikipedia

1977 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 469, Meteorit 4.
1977 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

11 September

1958 – UK nuclear test. Shot Z3/Halliard 1, Operation Grapple.
Operation Grapple - Wikipedia

1961 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 93.
1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1964 – US nuclear test. Shot Spoon, Operation Whetstone.
Operation Whetstone - Wikipedia

1966 – France nuclear test. Shot Betelgeuse.
1966–70 French nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1969 – Two Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 306-1, -2.
1969 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1983 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 617 Dynamica.
1983 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1986 – US nuclear test. Shot Aleman, Operation Charioteer.
Operation Charioteer - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

12 September

1958 - US nuclear test. Shot Otero, Operation Hardtack II.
Operation Hardtack II
Operation Hardtack II - Wikipedia

1961 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 94 Roza 1 (Joe 83).
1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1966 – US nuclear test. Shot Derringer, Operation Latchkey.
Operation Latchkey - Wikipedia

1968 – US nuclear test. Shot Knife A, Operation Bowline.
Operation Bowline - Wikipedia

1969 – US nuclear test. Shot Minute Steak, Operation Mandrel.
Operation Mandrel - Wikipedia

1973 – Four Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 385 -1 thru -4.
1973 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1978 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 495 (Galit A2.4).
1978 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

13 September

1957 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 44 (Joe 38).
1957 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1961 – Two Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 95 (Joe 85), 96 (Joe 84).
1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1963 – Two US nuclear tests. Shots Ahtanum and Bilby, Operation Niblick.
Operation Niblick - Wikipedia

1973 – France nuclear test. Shot Vesta.
1971–74 French nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1974 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 408.
1974 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1978 – US nuclear test. Shot Diablo Hawk, Operation Cresset.
Operation Cresset - Wikipedia

1979 – China nuclear test. Shot (26; aborted).
List of nuclear weapons tests of China - Wikipedia

1981 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 577.
1981 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1984 – US nuclear test. Shot Breton, Operation Fusileer.
Operation Fusileer - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

14 September

1954 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 9 (Joe 8).
1954 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1957 – UK nuclear test. Shot 1/Tadje, Operation Antler.
British nuclear tests at Maralinga - Wikipedia

1957 - US nuclear test. Shot Fizeau, Operation Plumbbob.
Operation Plumbbob
Operation Plumbbob - Wikipedia

1961 – Two Soviet nuclear tests. Shots 97 and 98 (Joe 86).
1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1962 – US nuclear test. Shot Hyrax, Operation Storax.
Operation Storax
Operation Storax - Wikipedia

1974 – France nuclear test. Shot Verseau.
1971–74 French nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1980 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 554.
1980 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1988 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 701 Shagan.
1988 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1989 – US nuclear test. Shot Disco Elm, Operation Cornerstone.
Operation Cornerstone - Wikipedia

1991 – US nuclear test. Shot Hoya, Operation Sculpin.
Operation Sculpin - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

15 September

1961 – US nuclear test. Shot Antler, Operation Nougat.
Operation Nougat
Operation Nougat - Wikipedia

1962 – Soviet nuclear test.
1962 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1967 – US nuclear test. Shot Gilroy, Operation Crosstie.
Operation Crosstie - Wikipedia

1977 – US nuclear test. Shot Ebbtide, Operation Fulcrum.
Operation Fulcrum - Wikipedia

1978 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 496.
1978 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

 

[mhansen2]

16 September

1957 - US nuclear test. Shot Newton, Operation Plumbbob.
Operation Plumbbob
Operation Plumbbob - Wikipedia

1961 – US nuclear test. Shot Shrew, Operation Nougat.
Operation Nougat
Operation Nougat - Wikipedia

1961 - Soviet nuclear test. Shot 99 Roza 2 (Joe 87) and Shot 100 (Joe 88).
1961 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1962 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 166.
1962 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1967 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 272.
1967 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

1969 – US nuclear test. Shot Jorum, Operation Mandrel.
Operation Mandrel - Wikipedia

1979 – Soviet nuclear test. Shot 530 Klivazh.
1979 Soviet nuclear tests - Wikipedia

 

[AVISSSER]

I would love to watch an above ground nuke test. What an awesome site it must be.