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Operation Whetstone

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Operation Whetstone was a series of thirty-six American nuclear tests conducted in 1964 and 1965. These followed the Niblick series and was in turn followed by Flintlock. All but one of these blasts were conducted beneath the Nevada Test Site. The individual blasts were:

Whetstone Test Blasts
Test Name Date Location Yield Note
Bye 16 July 1964 Nevada Test Site 20–200 kilotons
Cormorant 17 July 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Alva 19 August 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Canvasback 22 August 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Haddock 28 August 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Guanay 4 September 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Auk 2 October 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Par 9 October 1964 Nevada Test Site <38 kilotons Operation Plowshare
Barbel 16 October 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Salmon 22 October 1964 Hattiesburg, Mississippi 5.3 kilotons Vela Uniform
Crepe 5 December 1964 Nevada Test Site perhaps 0.1 kiloton
Drill 5 December 1964 Nevada Test Site <3.4 kilotons
Parrot 16 December 1964 Nevada Test Site <1.3 kilotons
Sulky 18 December 1964 Nevada Test Site <92 tons Operation Plowshare
Mudpack 16 December 1964 Nevada Test Site <2.7 kilotons
Gum Drop 21 April 1965 Nevada Test Site <4 kilotons
(Unknown) 23 April 1965 Nevada Test Site (Unknown)
Tee 7 May 1965 Nevada Test Site <20 Kilotons Operation Plowshare
Tweed 21 May 1965 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons

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