Operation Teapot

Operation Teapot was the eleventh series of American nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site early 1955. A total of 14 nuclear tests took place.

The aim of the operation was to test new nuclear weapons with low and medium explosive force.

During the Wasp tests took about 8,000 soldiers participated in the maneuvers " Desert Rock VI ". During the exercise, a battle group of 109 soldiers moved about 900 meters to the forming mushroom cloud approach.

The individual tests of the Teapot Series

The tests were named after insects, fruits or vegetables, inventors or streets in San Francisco.

Gallery

Soldiers during the maneuver Desert Rock VI.

Operation Teapot - dining

Operation Teapot - Zucchini

Operation Teapot - MET

Photographers during the Wasp prime test

One of the bomb used towers (152 meters)

Filming of the test

Operation Wigwam Bomb tower Washington (state) Operation Anvil (nuclear test) Operation Aqueduct Operation Arbor Operation Bedrock Operation Bowline Project Chariot Operation Charioteer Operation Cornerstone Operation Cresset Operation Crosstie Operation Dominic Starfish Prime Operation Emery Operation Flintlock (nuclear test) Operation Fulcrum Operation Fusileer Operation Greenhouse Operation Grenadier Operation Grommet Operation Guardian Operation Hardtack I Operation Ivy Ivy Mike Operation Julin Operation Latchkey Operation Mandrel Operation Musketeer (Nuclear test) Operation Niblick Operation Nougat Operation Phalanx Operation Plumbbob Operation Praetorian Project 56 (nuclear test) Project 57 Project 58/58A Operation Ranger Operation Redwing Operation Roller Coaster Operation Sandstone Operation Sculpin Operation Storax Operation Sunbeam Operation Tinderbox Operation Toggle Operation Touchstone Operation Whetstone Nevada Test and Training Range Tonopah Test Range Amchitka Carlsbad (New Mexico) Farmington (New Mexico) Salmon Site Sand Springs Range
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