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Operation Niblick

‘’’Operation Niblick’’’ was a series of twenty-seven underground nuclear explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1963 and 1964. Followed the Dominic I & II and Nougat series, preceded Whetstone[?].

Niblick Test Blasts
Test Name Date Location Yield Note
Pekan’'12 August 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Satsop’'15 August 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Kohocton’'23 August 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Ahtanum’'13 September 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Bilby’'13 September 1963Nevada Test Site249 kilotons
Grunion’'11 October 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Tornillo’'11 October 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknownOperation Plowshare
Clearwater’'16 October 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Shoal’'26 October 1963near Fallon, Nevada12 kilotons
Anchovy’'14 November 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Mustang’'15 November 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Greys’'22 November 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Sardine’'4 December 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Eagle’'12 December 1963Nevada Test SiteUnknown
Fore’'16 January 1964Nevada Test Siteprobably 19 kilotons
Oconto’'23 January 1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons
Klickkitat’'20 February 1964Nevada Test Siteprobably 24 kiltonsOperation Plowshare
Pike’'13 March 1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons
Hook’'14 April 1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons
Sturgeon’'15 April 1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons
Turf’'24 April 1964Nevada Test Site<probably 100 kilotons
Pipefish’'29 April 1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons
Backswing’'14 May 1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons
Minnow’'15 May 1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons
Ace’'23 January 1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotonsOperation Plowshare
Fade’'25 June1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotons
Dub’'23 January 1964Nevada Test Site<20 kilotonsOperation Plowshare



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