What the records say
- When
- 31 Oct 1952
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 10,400
- Where
- Enewetak
- Coordinates
- 11.30° N, 162.15° E
- Yield kt
- 10400
- Type
- surface
- Purpose
- weapons development programme
- Reported by
- DOE
Ivy Mike
1952 American nuclear bomb test
Ivy Mike was the codename given to the first full-yield test of a multi-stage thermonuclear device, also known as the Teller–Ulam design. Ivy Mike was detonated on November 1, 1952, by the United States on the island of Elugelab in Enewetak Atoll, Pacific Proving Grounds, as part of Operation Ivy.
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- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated
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