Operation Dominic II

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Operation Dominic II
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nation United StatesUnited States United States
Test series Operation Dominic
Test location Nevada Test Site
Period July 1962
Number of tests 4th
Test type Above-ground tests
Max. Explosive force 1.65 kT
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Previous test Operation Dominic I
Next test Operation Storax

As Operation Sunbeam continental be nuclear tests of US nuclear weapons test series Operation Dominic indicated that from July 7 to July 17, 1962 the Nevada Test Site were conducted. In the Department of Defense, the test series was called Operation Sunbeam . A total of four nuclear weapons were tested.

Various tactical nuclear warheads were tested during the operation, including the Davy Crockett . The Little Feller I surface test was a “Davy Crockett” test, and the Exercice Ivy Flats military exercise was carried out during this test . Almost 3,000 US Department of Defense employees and 1,000 soldiers took part in the exercise.

The nuclear weapons should provide information about the effects of the electromagnetic pulse . The effects of atomic bomb explosions on houses and aircraft were also tested.

Operation Dominic II was the final series of atmospheric tests on the Nevada Test Site, with all subsequent tests being conducted underground.

The individual tests of the Dominic II / Sunbeam series

bomb Date / Time ( GMT ) place Explosion height Test type Explosive power Remarks
Little Feller II July 7, 1962
7:00 p.m. 		Area 18 1 meter
(3 feet) 		surface 22 T
Johnnie Boy July 11, 1962
4:45 p.m. 		Area 18 −0.5 meters
(−2 feet) 		surface 500 T Test of the W-30 warhead with Tactical Atomic Demolition ammunition
Small boy July 14, 1962
6:30 p.m. 		Area 5 (Frenchman Lake) 3 meters
(10 feet) 		tower 1.65 kT Information about the electromagnetic pulse should be gathered
Little Feller I. July 17, 1962
5:00 p.m. 		Area 18 1 meter
(3 feet) 		surface 18 T Davy-Crockett nuclear weapon tested as part of Ivy Flats military exercise ; last atmospheric test on the Nevada Test Site
United States nuclear weapons tests
Operations

Anvil • Aqueduct • Arbor • Argus • Bedrock • Bowline • Buster-Jangle • Castle • Chariot • Charioteer • Cornerstone • Cresset • Crossroads • Crosstie • Dominic ( Frigate Bird , Starfish Prime ) • Emery • Flintlock • Fulcrum • Fusileer • Greenhouse • Grenadier • Grommet • Guardian • Operation Hardtack • Ivy ( Ivy Mike ) • Julin • Latchkey • Mandrel • Musketeer • Niblick • Nougat • Phalanx • Plowshare • Plumbbob • Praetorian • Project 56 • Project 57 • Project 58 • Quicksilver • Ranger • Redwing • Roller Coaster • Sandstone • Sculpin • Storax ( Sedan ) • Sunbeam • Teapot • Tinderbox • Toggle • Touchstone • Trinity • Tumbler-Snapper • Upshot-Knothole • Whetstone • Wigwam

Test locations
Restricted areas

Nellis Air Force Range • Nevada National Security Site • Tonopah Test Range • White Sands Missile Range

Others

Amchitka • Carlsbad • Farmington • Pacific Proving Grounds • Salmon Site • Sand Springs Range • South Atlantic

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ US Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office: United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992 , DOE / NV - 209-REV 15, December 2000, (PDF, 877 kB) ( Memento from October 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ^ Robert Standish Norris, Thomas B. Cochran: United States nuclear tests, July 1945 to 31 December 1992 (NWD 94-1) , Nuclear Weapons Databook Working Paper, Washington, DC: Natural Resources Defense Council, February 1, 1994, (PDF , 4.26 MB) ( Memento from October 12, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Gallery of US Nuclear Tests ( memento August 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at nuclearweaponarchive.org
  4. ↑ Michael Light: 100 Suns , 2003

Coordinates: 37 ° 8 '9.95 "  N , 116 ° 4' 6.59"  W.