What the records say
- When
- 7 Jul 1962
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 20
- Where
- Nts
- Coordinates
- 37.00° N, 116.00° W
- Yield kt
- 0–20
- Type
- surface
- Purpose
- British test, effects of nuclear weapons
- Reported by
- DOE
Little Feller (nuclear tests)
1962 pair of nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site, United States
Little Feller II and Little Feller I were code names for a set of nuclear tests undertaken by the United States at the Nevada Test Site on July 7 and 17, 1962 as part of Operation Sunbeam. They were both tests of stockpiled W54 warheads, the smallest nuclear warheads known to have been produced by the United States, used in both the Davy Crockett warhead and the Special Atomic Demolition Munition.
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- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated
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