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 →
Films (1)