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Operation Ranger 1951

First tests at the Nevada Test Site — rapid development of smaller, lighter weapons

Year
1951
Tests
5
Max yield
22 kt
Hiroshimas
1
Films
1

Five tests in January-February 1951. The first nuclear tests conducted on the U.S. mainland since Trinity. Included the first test of the Mark 6 bomb design.

Location
Nevada Test Site
Country
USA
Coordinates
37.1, -116 · view on map →