U.S. ATMOSPHERIC NUCLEAR TEST HISTORY

  1. DNA 6028F
    Project TRINITY: 1945 – 1946
    Location: New Mexico
  2. DNA 6032F
    Operation CROSSROADS: 1946
    Location: Pacific
  3. DNA 6033F
    Operation SANDSTONE: 1948
    Location: Pacific
  4. DNA 6022F
    Operation RANGER – Shots ABLE, BAKER, EASY, BAKER-2, FOX: 1951
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  5. DNA 6034F
    Operation GREENHOUSE: 1951
    Location: Pacific
  6. DNA 6023F
    Operation BUSTER-JANGLE: 1951
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  7. DNA 6024F
    Shots ABLE to EASY – The First Five Tests of the BUSTER-JANGLE Series: 1951
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  8. DNA 6025F
    Shots SUGAR and UNCLE – The Final Tests of the BUSTER-JANGLE Series: 1951
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  9. DNA 6020F
    Shots ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, and DOG – The First Tests of the TUMBLER-SNAPPER Series: 1952
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  10. DNA 6019F
    Operation TUMBLER-SNAPPER: 1952
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  11. DNA 6021F
    Shots EASY, FOX, GEORGE, and HOW – The Final Tests of the TUMBLER-SNAPPER Series: 1952
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  12. DNA 6036F
    Operation IVY: 1952
    Location: Pacific
  13. DNA 6014F
    Operation UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE: 1953
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  14. DNA 6017F
    Shot ANNIE to RAY – The First Five Tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series: 1953
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  15. DNA 6015F
    Shot BADGER – A Test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series: 18 April 1953
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  16. DNA 6016F
    Shot SIMON – A Test of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series: 1953
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  17. DNA 6018F
    Shots ENCORE to CLIMAX – The Final Four Tests of the UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE Series: 1953
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  18. DNA 6035F
    Operation CASTLE: 1954
    Location: Pacific
  19. DNA 6009F
    Operation TEAPOT: 1955
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  20. DNA 6010F
    Shots WASP to HORNET – The First Five TEAPOT Tests: 1955
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  21. DNA 6011F
    Shot BEE – A Test of the TEAPOT Series: 1955
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  22. DNA 6012F
    Shot APPLE 2 – A Test of the TEAPOT Series: 1955
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  23. DNA 6013F
    Shots ESS through MET and Shot ZUCCHINI – The Final TEAPOT Tests: 1955
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  24. DNA 6000F
    Operation WIGWAM: 1955
    Location: Pacific
  25. DNA 6037F
    Operation REDWING: 1956
    Location: Pacific
  26. DNA 6005F
    PLUMBBOB Series: 1957
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  27. DNA 6008F
    Shots BOLTZMANN to WILSON – The First Four Tests of the PLUMBBOB Series: 1957
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  28. DNA 6003F
    Shot PRISCILLA – A Test of the PLUMBBOB Series: 1957
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  29. DNA 6002F
    Shot HOOD – A Test of the PLUMBBOB Series: 1957
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  30. DNA 6006F
    Shots DIABLO to FRANKLIN PRIME – The Mid-Series Tests of the PLUMBBOB Series: 1957
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  31. DNA 6004F
    Shot SMOKY – A Test of the PLUMBBOB Series: 1957
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  32. DNA 6001F
    Shot GALILEO – A Test of the PLUMBBOB Series: 1957
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  33. DNA 6007F
    Shots WHEELER to MORGAN – The Final Eight Tests of the PLUMBBOB Series: 1957
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  34. DNA 6038F
    Operation HARDTACK I: 1958
    Location: Pacific
  35. DNA 6039F
    Operation ARGUS: 1958
    Location: South Atlantic
  36. DNA 6026F
    Operation HARDTACK II: 1958
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  37. DNA 6027F
    Operation DOMINIC II – Shots LITTLE FELLER II, JOHNIE BOY, SMALL BOY, LITTLE FELLER I: 1962
    Location: Nevada Test Site
  38. DNA 6029F
    Project GNOME and SEDAN – The PLOWSHARE Program: 1961 – 1973
    Location: Nevada Test Site, New Mexico, Colorado

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