Operation Sandstone 1948
Weapon design improvements — tested new fission bomb cores
Year
1948
Tests
3
Max yield
49 kt
Hiroshimas
3
Films
6
Three tests (X-Ray, Yoke, Zebra) focused on improving atomic bomb efficiency. Introduced the levitated pit design that significantly boosted yield-to-weight ratio. Multiple DoE films cover this operation from Navy, Air Force, and Army perspectives.
- Location
- Enewetak Atoll, Pacific Proving Grounds
- Country
- USA
- Coordinates
- 11.5, 162.2 · view on map →
Films (6)