Country United States Number of tests 7 | Period 1951 Start date 1951 | |
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Test site NTS, Areas 1-4, 6-10, Yucca Flat Test type cratering, dry surface, free air drop, tower Max. yield 31 kilotonnes of TNT (130 TJ) |
Operation Buster–Jangle was a series of seven (six atmospheric, one cratering) nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States in late 1951 at the Nevada Test Site. Buster-Jangle was the first joint test program between the DOD (Operation Buster) and Los Alamos National Laboratories (Operation Jangle). As part of Operation Buster, 6,500 troops were involved in the Operation Desert Rock I, II, and III exercises in conjunction with the tests. The last two tests, Operation Jangle, evaluated the cratering effects of low-yield nuclear devices. This series preceded Operation Tumbler-Snapper and followed Operation Greenhouse.





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