The MOHAWK shot, 350kt, Eniwetok, 2.Jul.1956
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nukes can be great
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The Stokes Test, conducted at the Nevada Test Site on August 7, 1957 was a 19 kiloton device exploded from a balloon.
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DOPPLER, the test was conducted on August 23, 1957 at the Nevada Test Site. It was a balloon shot at 1500 ft. with a yield of 11 kt.
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HOOD, conducted at the Nevada Test Site on July 5, 1957 was a 74 kiloton device exploded from a balloon.
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Operation Ranger early 1951 (5 tests in this Series)
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*can't belive I had this one mislabeled*
GRABLE was fired on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Test Site. A 280mm artillery gun fired the 15 kiloton nuclear shell. This was the only time a nuclear artillery shell was ever fired. (photo taken by Camera number 3)
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IVY MIKE, was fired on Enewetak on October 31, 1952. It was an experimental thermonuclear device.
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GRABLE was fired on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Test Site. A 280mm artillery gun fired the 15 kiloton nuclear shell. This was the only time a nuclear artillery shell was ever fired.
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FIZEAU was a 11 kiloton tower shot fired September 14, 1957 at the Nevada Test Site.
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CHARLESTON, part of Operation Plumbbob, was fired from a balloon on September 28, 1957.
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DeBACA was a balloon burst fired October 26, 1958. Since July 1962, all NTS weapons tests have been underground.
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CHARLIE a 14 kiloton device was dropped from a B-50 bomber on October 30, 1951 at Yucca Flat. The test, part of the Buster-Jangle series, was the eighth detonation at the Nevada Proving Grounds.
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GEORGE part of Operation Greenhouse was fired from a tower May 8, 1951 at Enewetak.
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EASY part of Operation Buster was a 31 kiloton weapons related device fired November 5, 1951 at the Nevada Test Site.
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ROMEO a 11 megaton shot part of Operation Castle. It was fired from a barge near Bikini Atoll on March 26, 1954.
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BADGER, part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, was a 23 kiloton tower shot fired April 18, 1953 at the Nevada Test Site.
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APACHE shot was fired from a barge on July, 8, 1956 on Enewetak.
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APACHE was fired from a barge on July 8, 1956, on Enewetak. (Camera 2)
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The Seminole shot was fired June 6, 1956 on Enewetak Atoll. Seminole had a yield of 13.7 kilotons.
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CLIMAX, part of Operation Upshot/Knothole, was a 61 kiloton device fired June 4, 1953 at the Nevada Test Site.
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BOLTZMAN was a 12 kiloton shot fired from a tower in the Nevada Test Site May 28, 1957. Part of Operation Plumbbob.
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DeBACA was a balloon burst fired October 26, 1958. Since July 1962, all NTS weapons tests have been underground.
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TRINITY The First Nuclear Test ever conducted. A 19 kiloton tower shot was exploded July 16, 1945 in New Mexico.
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