What the records say
- When
- 1 Nov 1951
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 21
- Where
- Nts
- Coordinates
- 37.00° N, 116.00° W
- Yield kt
- 21
- Type
- airdrop
- Purpose
- weapons development programme
- Reported by
- DOE
Operation Buster–Jangle
Series of 1950s US nuclear tests
Operation Buster–Jangle was a series of seven nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States in late 1951 at the Nevada Test Site. Buster–Jangle was the first joint test program between the DOD and Los Alamos National Laboratories. As part of Operation Buster, 6,500 troops were involved in the Operation Desert Rock I, II, and III exercises in conjunction with the tests.
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- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated
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