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The nuclear weapons tests of the United States were performed from 1945 to 1992 as part of the nuclear arms race. The United States conducted around 1,054 nuclear tests by official count, including 216 atmospheric, underwater, and space tests.
The total number and yearly listing of U.S. nuclear test explosions listed in this fact sheet are based on the figures published in United States Nuclear Tests: July 1945 through September 1992 DOE/NV-209 (Rev. 14), December 1994. The Department of Energy has since pubished two revisions of the pubication that slightly revise these numbers and ...
Chronologically (370KB)Alphabetically (259KB)Glossary Total Tests by Calendar Year, Location, Purpose, and Type. This document lists chronologically and alphabetically by name all nuclear tests and simultaneous detonations conduct ed by the United States from July 1945 through September 1992. Several tes ts conducted during Operation Dominic ...
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First nuclear test: July 16, 1945 Most recent nuclear test: Sept. 23, 1992 Total tests: 1,030 (815 underground) The United States has conducted more tests than the rest of the world, and was the first and only country to use a nuclear weapon in wartime. The U.S. has signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, but it has not yet been ratified by the S...
First nuclear test: Aug. 29, 1949 Most recent nuclear test: Oct. 24, 1990 Total tests: 715 (496 underground) Russia was the second nation in the world to conduct nuclear tests.
First nuclear test: Oct. 3, 1952 Most recent nuclear test: Nov. 26, 1991 Total tests: 45 (24 underground) Britain tested its first nuclear weapon on Monte Bello Islands, Australia. Atmospheric tests were carried out there until 1956. Britain has ratified the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
First nuclear test: Feb. 13, 1960 Most recent nuclear test: Jan. 27, 1996 Total tests: 210 (160 underground) France conducted six controversial tests as recently as 1995-1996.
First nuclear test: Oct. 16, 1964 Most recent nuclear test: July 29, 1996 Total tests: 43 (22 underground) China is widely thought to be helping Pakistan with its nuclear efforts.
First nuclear test: May 18, 1974 Most recent nuclear test: May 13, 1998 Total tests: 7 In 1966, India declared it could produce nuclear weapons within 18 months. Eight years later, India tested a device of up to 15 kilotons and called the test a "peaceful nuclear explosion." In May 1998, India stunned the world when it conducted two underground nuc...
First nuclear test: May 28, 1998 Most recent nuclear test: May 30, 1998 Total tests: 6 In 1972, following its third war with India, Pakistan secretly decided to start a nuclear weapons program to match India's developing capability. Pakistan responded to India's nuclear tests in 1998 by announcing it exploded an underground device in the Chagai reg...
First nuclear test: Oct. 9, 2006 Most recent nuclear test: Sept. 3, 2017. Total tests: 3 On October 9, 2006 North Korea announced they had conducted a nuclear test. It is assumed this test was actually a fizzle. A second test was conducted on May 25, 2009. This test appeared to be successful. A third test was conducted on February 12, 2013. Sources...
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United States' Nuclear Tests. There were 1,032 American nuclear tests from 1945 through 1990. Included in this total are the two atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Most of the tests took place at the Nevada Test Site (NNSS/NTS) and the Pacific Proving Grounds in the Marshall Islands and off Kiritimati Island in the Pacific, plus three ...
SeriesYearsTestsYield Range (kilotons)Trinity1945121World War II1945218-21Crossroads1946221Sandstone1948318 to 49Gallery of U.S. Nuclear Tests. Last changed 6 August 2001. Between 16 July 1945 and 23 September 1992 the United States of America conducted (by official count) 1054 nuclear tests, and two nuclear attacks. The number of actualnuclear devices (aka "bombs") tested, and nuclear explosions is largerthan this, but harder to establish precisely.
United States. The standard official list of tests for American devices is arguably the United States Department of Energy DoE-209 document. [5] The United States conducted around 1,054 nuclear tests (by official count) between 1945 and 1992, including 216 atmospheric, underwater, and space tests. [9]
