List
Test Name | Date | Location | Yield | Note |
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Adobe | 25 April 1962 | Christmas Island | 190 kilotons | |
Aztec | 27 April 1962 | Christmas Island | 410 kilotons | |
Arkansas | 2 May 1962 | Christmas Island | 1090 kilotons | |
Questa | 4 May 1962 | Christmas Island | 670 kilotons | |
Frigate Bird | 6 May 1962 | Pacific Test Range | 600 kilotons | Polaris A2 Missile launched from the submarine USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608). Only operational test of a United States submarine launched ballistic missile with a live nuclear warhead. |
Yukon | 8 May 1962 | Christmas Island | 100 kilotons | |
Mesilla | 9 May 1962 | Christmas Island | 100 kilotons | |
Muskegon | 11 May 1962 | Christmas Island | 50 kilotons | |
Swordfish | 11 May 1962 | off San Diego | <20 kilotons | RUR-5 ASROC from USS Agerholm (DD-826) at a range of only 4,000 yards. |
Encino | 12 May 1962 | Christmas Island | 500 kilotons | |
Swanee | 14 May 1962 | Christmas Island | 97 kilotons | |
Chetco | 19 May 1962 | Christmas Island | 73 kilotons | |
Tanana | 25 May 1962 | Christmas Island | "Fizzled" | |
Nambe | 27 May 1962 | Christmas Island | 43 kilotons | |
Alma | 8 June 1962 | Christmas Island | 782 kilotons | |
Truckee | 9 June 1962 | Christmas Island | 210 kilotons | |
Yeso | 10 June 1962 | Christmas Island | 3 megatons | |
Harlem | 12 June 1962 | Christmas Island | 1.2 megatons | |
Rinconada | 15 June 1962 | Christmas Island | 800 kilotons | |
Dulce | 17 June 1962 | Christmas Island | 52 kilotons | |
Petit | 19 June 1962 | Christmas Island | "Failed" | |
Otowi | 21 June 1962 | Christmas Island | Unknown | |
Bighorn | 27 June 1962 | Christmas Island | 7.65 megatons | |
Bluestone | 30 June 1962 | Christmas Island | 1.27 megatons | |
Starfish Prime | 9 July 1962 | Johnston Atoll | 1.4 megatons | Operation Fishbowl, exoatmospheric at 400 km altitude, caused artificial aurora borealis and power outages in Hawaii |
Sunset | 10 July 1962 | Christmas Island | 1 megaton | |
Pamlico | 11 July 1962 | Christmas Island | 3.88 megatons | Successful advanced principles test of high-efficiency thermonuclear weapon, last Christmas Island airdrop |
Androscoggin | 2 October 1962 | Johnston Atoll | 75 kilotons | |
Bumping | 6 October 1962 | Johnston Atoll | 11.3 kilotons | |
Chama | 18 October 1962 | Johnston Atoll | 1.59 megatons | |
Checkmate | 20 October 1962 | Johnston Atoll | 7 kilotons | Operation Fishbowl, high altitude nuclear explosion, 147 km altitude, XM-33 Strypi rocket with an Army Recruit booster, XW-50X1 warhead, no fireball |
Bluegill Triple Prime | 26 October 1962 | Johnston Atoll | 410 kilotons | Operation Fishbowl, high altitude nuclear explosion, 50 km altitude, Thor missile, W50 warhead, fireball formed, large disruption of ionosphere did not occur |
Calamity | 27 October 1962 | Johnston Atoll | 800 kilotons | |
Housatonic | 30 October 1962 | Johnston Atoll | 8.3 megatons | Last US air dropped nuclear device |
Kingfish | 1 November 1962 | Johnston Atoll | 410 kilotons | Operation Fishbowl, high altitude nuclear explosion, 97 km altitude, Thor missile with W-50 warhead, dramatic aurora-like effects, extensive ionosphere disruption, radio communication over central Pacific disrupted for over three hours |
Tightrope | 4 November 1962 | Johnston Atoll | between 1–40 kilotons | Operation Fishbowl, 21 km (69,000 ft) altitude, Nike Hercules missile with a W31 warhead, test of a missile defense system, regarded to be the last true U.S. atmospheric nuclear test |
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