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The United States was the first country to manufacture nuclear weapons and is the only country to have used them in combat, with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II. Before and during the Cold War, it conducted 1,054 nuclear tests, and tested many long-range nuclear weapons delivery systems. [Note 1]
It is not clear whether all multiple device tests have yet been identified, and enumerated. see our Nuclear Age Timeline section These pages focus principally (although not exclusively) on the period from 16 July 1945 to 4 November 1962, the era of atmospheric testing*. There are a number of reasons for this.
Oct 5, 2023 · Since the CTBT, 10 nuclear tests have taken place. India conducted two in 1998, Pakistan also two in 1998, and North Korea conducted tests in 2006, 2009, 2013, 2016 (twice) and 2017, according to ...
Nuclear detonations of all types since 1945. type: Web Mapping Application: tags: Nuclear,testing,detonation,explosion,usa,uk,north korea,russia,france,pakistan,india ...
Aug 6, 2001 · Gallery 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.
July 20, 1960 The U.S. tests the first submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). March 14, 1961 A B-52 crashes near Yuba City, California, jettisoning two nuclear weapons. October 30, 1961 The Soviet Union detonates Tsar Bomba, the largest nuclear device in human history.
1959. October — The first nuclear power plant in the U.S. to be built without any government funding -- the Dresden 1 Nuclear Power Station in Illinois -- achieves a self-sustaining nuclear ...
