What the records say
- When
- 13 May 1954
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 1,690
- Where
- Enewetak
- Coordinates
- 11.30° N, 162.15° E
- Yield kt
- 1690
- Type
- barge
- Purpose
- weapons development programme
- Reported by
- DOE
Operation Castle
Series of 1950s US nuclear tests
Operation Castle was a United States series of high-yield (high-energy) nuclear tests by Joint Task Force 7 (JTF-7) at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954. It followed Operation Upshot–Knothole and preceded Operation Teapot.
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The source
- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated
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