TEAPOT TEST SERIES OF 1955

The following picture gallery represents the nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site between February and May, 1955. The caption under each photo gives the name, date, emplacement (tower or airdrop) andyield.
was moth tesla
Wasp 2/18/55 Airdro 1 Kt Moth 2/22/55 tower 2 Kt Tesla 3/1/55 tower 7 Kt
turk hornet bee
Turk 3/7/55 tower 43 Kt Hornet 3/12/55 tower 4 Kt Bee 3/22/55 tower 8 Kt
ess ale-1 was
Ess 3/23/55 Crater 1 Kt Apple-1 3/29/55 tower 14 Kt Wasp Prime 3/29/55 Airdro 3 Kt
ha post met
HA 4/6/55 Airdro 3 Kt Post 4/9/55 tower 2 Kt MET 4/15/55 tower 22 Kt
ale-2 zucchini Atomic Photos

Operation Plumbbob
1957 Test Series

Apple-2 5/5/55 tower 29 Kt Zucchini 5/15/55 tower 28Kt

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