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Operation Teapot was a series of 14 nuclear test explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the first half of 1955. It was preceded by Operation Castle , and followed by Operation Wigwam . Wigwam was, administratively, a part of Teapot , but it is usually treated as a class of its own.
Operation Wigwam [1] involved a single test of the Mark 90 "Betty" nuclear bomb. It was conducted between Operation Teapot and Project 56 on May 14, 1955, about 500 miles (800 km) southwest of San Diego , California . 6,800 personnel aboard 30 ships were involved in Wigwam .
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 [1] or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, [2] is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County, Nevada, about 65 mi (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas.
Operation Consequences targets crime locations in Victorville and across the Inland Empire. Felony arrests made, narcotics and illegal firearms seized
On March 22, 1955, the infantry battalion of MCTU #1 was temporary assigned to the 3rd Marine Corps Provisional Atomic Exercise Brigade, or 3rd MCPAEB, to participate in Exercise Desert Rock VI - codenamed Operation TEAPOT. Operation TEAPOT was a series of tactical nuclear weapons tests with active nuclear warheads conducted by the United ...
California’s eco-bureaucrats halted a wildfire prevention project near the Pacific Palisades to protect an endangered shrub. It’s just the latest clash between fire safety and conservation in ...
With its intricate, carved-wood paneling and diamond-shaped glass panes, location scout Lori Balton thought the smoking room of the historic Andrew McNally House was just glorious.
Operation Buster–Jangle: 22 Oct. – 22 Nov. 1951 11,000 6,500 Desert Rock IV [2] Operation Tumbler–Snapper: 1 Apr. – 5 Jun. 1952 11,700 7,400 Desert Rock V [3] Operation Upshot–Knothole: 17 Mar. – 4 Jun. 1953 20,100 Desert Rock VI [4] Operation Teapot: 18 Feb. – 15 May 1955 11,700 8,000 Desert Rock VII, VIII [5] Operation Plumbbob