Littlefeller:ii (United States)

Quand

7 juil. 1962

Type

Essai nucléaire

Puissance (kt)

20

Position

Nts

Coordonnées

37.00° N, 116.00° W

Yield kt

0–20

Purpose

British test, effects of nuclear weapons

Reported by

DOE

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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