Operation Nougat
During the
Cold War, ‘’’Operation Nougat’’’ was a series of thirty-two nuclear tests conducted (with one exception) at the
Nevada Test Site during the 1962 Fiscal Year. The individual blasts were:
Nougat Test Blasts
| Test Name
| Date
| Location
| Yield
| Note
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| ''Shrew’' | 16 September 1961 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Boomer’' | 10 October 1961 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Chena’' | 29 October 1961 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Mink’' | 29 October 1961 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Fisher’' | 3 December 1961 | Nevada Test Site | 13.4 kilotons |
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| ''Gnome’' | 10 December 1961 | Carlsbad, New Mexico | 3 kilotons | Op Plowshare
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| ''Mad’' | 13 December 1961 | Nevada Test Site | 500 tons |
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| ''Ringtail’' | 17 December 1961 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ’’Feather’’ | 22 December 1961 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Stoat’' | 9 January, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 5.1 kilotons |
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| ''Agouti’' | 18 January, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 6.4 kilotons |
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| ''Dormouse’' | 30 January, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Stillwater’' | 8 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 3.07 kilotons |
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| ''Armadillo’' | 9 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 7.1 kilotons |
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| ''Hardhat’' | 15 February 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 5.7 kilotons |
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| ''Chinchilla’' | 19 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 1.9 kilotons |
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| ''Codsaw’' | 19 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Cimarron’' | 23 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 11.9 kilotons |
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| ''Platypus’' | 24 February, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Pampas’' | 1 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Danny Boy’' | 5 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 430 tons |
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| ''Ermine’' | 6 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Brazos’' | 8 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 8.4 Kilotons |
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| ''Hognose’' | 15 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Hoosix’' | 28 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 3.4 Kiltons |
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| ''Chinchilla II’' | 31 March, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Dormouse II’' | 5 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 10.6 Kilotons |
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| ''Passaic’' | 6 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Hudson’' | 12 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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| ''Platte’' | 14 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | 1.85 Kilotons |
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| ''Dead’' | 21 April, 1962 | Nevada Test Site | ’Low’ |
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