Operation nougat

Nuclear test Operation nougat
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information
nation	United States
Test location	Nevada Test Site / Carlsbad
Period	1961–1962
Number of tests	45
Test type	Underground tests
Weapon type	fission
Max. Explosive force	67 kT
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Previous test	Operation Argus
Next test	Operation Dominic

The Operation Nougat was a series of 45 US nuclear weapons testing , the 1961 and 1962 on the site Nevada Test in Nevada was conducted. Only the Gnome test took place in Carlsbad , New Mexico . It was the first series of nuclear weapons tests conducted by the US after the USSR terminated the 1959 nuclear test moratorium and the first series to consist of underground tests only. In terms of content, the tests were largely similar to those of the Hardtack II series.

The individual tests of the nougat series

#	bomb	Date / Time ( GMT )	Proving Ground	Explosion height	Test type	Explosive power	Remarks
1	Antler	September 15, 1961 5:00 p.m.	Area 12e	-402 meters (-1318 feet)	tunnel	2.6 kT	Test of the W-45 nuclear warhead
2	Shrew	September 16, 1961 7:45 p.m.	Area 3ac	-98 meters (-322 feet)	Manhole	0.017 kT	Probably the XW-54 nuclear warhead test
3	Boomer	October 1, 1961 10 p.m.	Area 3aa	-101 meters (-330 feet)	Manhole	<0.1 kT	Probably the XW-54 nuclear warhead test
4th	Chena	October 10, 1961 6:00 p.m.	Area 12b	-255 meters (-838 feet)	tunnel	<20 kT
5	Mink	October 29, 1961 6:00 p.m.	Area 3ae	-192 meters (-630 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT	Misfire ("fizzle")
6th	Fisher	December 3, 1961 11:04 p.m.	Area 3ah	-363 meters (-1191 feet)	Manhole	13.4 kT	Repeat the Mink test
7th	Gnomes	December 10, 1961 7:00 p.m.	Carlsbad, New Mexico	-361 meters (-1184 feet)	Manhole	3.1 kT	Attempt as part of Operation Plowshare . A cave was created in the salt rock with a diameter of 52 m and a height of 24 m
8th	Mad	December 13, 1961 6:00 p.m.	Area 9a	-181 meters (-594 feet)	Manhole	0.5 kT
9	Ringtail	December 17, 1961 4:35 p.m.	Area 3ak	-363 meters (-1192 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
10	Feather	December 22, 1961 4:30 p.m.	Area 12b	-247 meters (-812 feet)	tunnel	0.15 kT
11	Stoat	January 9, 1962 4:30 p.m.	Area 3ap	-302 meters (-992 feet)	Manhole	5.1 kT
12	Agouti	January 18, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 3ao	-261 meters (-856 feet)	Manhole	6.4 kT
13	Dormouse	January 30, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 3aq	-363 meters (-1191 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
14th	Stillwater	February 8, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 9c	-181 meters (-595 feet)	Manhole	3.07 kT
15th	Armadillo	February 9, 1962 4:30 p.m.	Area 3ar	-240 meters (-786 feet)	Manhole	7.1 kT
16	Hardhat	February 15, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 15a	-287 meters (-943 feet)	Manhole	5.7 kT
17th	Chinchilla I	February 19, 1962 4:30 p.m.	Area 3ag	-150 meters (-492 feet)	Manhole	1.9 kT
18th	Codsaw	February 19, 1962 5:50 pm	Area 9g	-212 meters (-696 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
19th	Cimarron	February 23, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 9h	-305 meters (-1000 feet)	Manhole	11.9 kT
20th	Platypus	February 24, 1962 4:30 p.m.	Area 3ad	-58 meters (-190 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
21st	pampas	March 1, 1962 7:10 p.m.	Area 3al	-363 meters (-1191 feet)	Manhole	9.5 kT	First joint test by the United States and Great Britain on the Nevada Test Site
22nd	Danny Boy	March 5, 1962 6:15 p.m.	Area 18	-34 meters (-110 feet)		0.43 kT	The test Atomic Demolition Munition
23	Ermine	March 6, 1962 4:30 p.m.	Area 3ab	-73 meters (-240 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
24	Brazos	March 8, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 9b	-256 meters (-841 feet)	Manhole	8.4 kT
25th	Hognose	March 15, 1962 4:30 p.m.	Area 3ai	-239 meters (-784 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
26th	Hoosic	March 28, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 9j	-187 meters (-614 feet)	Manhole	3.4 kT
27	Chinchilla II	March 31, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 3as	-137 meters (-448 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
28	Dormouse Prime	April 5, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 3az	-261 meters (-856 feet)	Manhole	10.6 kT
29	Passaic	April 6, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 9i	-233 meters (-766 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
30th	Hudson	April 12, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 9h	-151 meters (-495 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
31	plate	April 14, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 12k	-191 meters (-628 feet)	tunnel	1.85 kT
32	Dead	April 21, 1962 6:40 p.m.	Area 9k	-193 meters (-634 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
33	Black	April 27, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 9p	-218 meters (-714 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
34	Paca	May 7, 1962 7:33 pm	Area 3ax	-258 meters (-848 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
35	Arikaree	May 10, 1962 3:00 p.m.		-167 meters (-549 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
36	Aardvark	May 12, 1962 7:00 p.m.	Area 3	-434 meters (-1424 feet)	Manhole	40 kT
37	Eel	May 19, 1962 3:00 p.m.	Area 9m	-218 meters (-714 feet)	Manhole	4.9 kT
38	White	May 25, 1962 3:00 p.m.	Area 9b	-194 meters (-635 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
39	Racoon	June 1, 1962 5:00 p.m.	Area 3a	-164 meters (-539 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
40	Packrat	June 6, 1962 5:00 p.m.	Area 3aw	-262 meters (-860 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
41	Des Moines	June 13, 1962 9:00 p.m.	Area 12j	-201 meters (-660 feet)	tunnel	2.9 kT
42	Daman I	June 21, 1962 5:00 p.m.	Area 3be	-260 meters (-854 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT
43	Haymaker	June 27, 1962 6:00 p.m.	Area 3 from	-408 meters (-1340 feet)	Manhole	67 kT
44	Marshmallow	June 28, 1962 5:00 p.m.	Area 16a	-320 meters (-1050 feet)	tunnel	<20 kT
45	Sacramento	June 30, 1962 9:30 p.m.	Area 9v	-152 meters (-500 feet)	Manhole	<20 kT

Web links

Commons : Operation Nougat  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The US nougat tests on nuclearweaponarchive.org
• United States Nuclear Tests July 1945 through September 1992 (PDF; 898 kB) of the US Department of Energy (English)