- Operation Niblick
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Operation Niblick Country 
United StatesTest site Nevada Test Site Period 1963-1964 Number of tests 41 Test type Underground Max. yield 380 kt Navigation Previous test Operation Roller Coaster Next test Operation Whetstone Operation Niblick[1] was a series of 41 underground nuclear explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1963 and 1964. It followed the Dominic I & II and Nougat series, and preceded Whetstone.
Name Date Size PEKAN August 12 < 20 kilotons SATSOP August 15 < 20 kilotons KOHOCTON, NATCHES August 23 < 20 kilotons AHTANUM September 13 < 20 kilotons BILBY September 13 249 kilotons CARP September 27 < 20 kilotons NARRAGAUGUS September 27 < 20 kilotons GRUNION October 11 < 20 kilotons TORNILLO October 11 380 tons CLEARWATER October 16 20 to 200 kilotons MULLET October 17 < 20 kilotons SHOAL October 26 12 kilotons ANCHOVY November 14 < 20 kilotons MUSTANG November 15 < 20 kilotons GREYS November 22 20 to 200 kilotons SARDINE, BARRACUDA December 4 < 20 kilotons EAGLE December 12 5.3 kilotons TUNA December 20 < 20 kilotons FORE January 16 20 to 200 kilotons OCONTO January 23 10.5 kilotons CLUB January 30 < 20 kilotons SOLENDON February 12 < 20 kilotons BUNKER February 13 < 20 kilotons BONEFISH February 18 < 20 kilotons MACKEREL February 18 < 20 kilotons KLICKITAT February 20 70 kilotons HANDICAP March 12 < 20 kilotons PIKE March 13 < 20 kilotons HOOK April 14 < 20 kilotons STURGEON April 15 < 20 kilotons BOGEY April 17 < 20 kilotons TURF April 24 20 to 200 kilotons PIPEFISH April 29 < 20 kilotons DRIVER May 7 < 20 kilotons BACKSWING May 14 < 20 kilotons MINNOW May 15 < 20 kilotons ACE June 11 3 kilotons BITTERLING June 12 < 20 kilotons DUFFER June 18 < 20 kilotons FADE June 25 < 20 kilotons DUB June 30 11.7 kilotons References
Categories:- American nuclear explosive tests
- Nevada Test Site
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