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
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| ''Pekan’' | 12 August 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Satsop’' | 15 August 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Kohocton’' | 23 August 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Ahtanum’' | 13 September 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Bilby’' | 13 September 1963 | Nevada Test Site | 249 kilotons |
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| ''Grunion’' | 11 October 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Tornillo’' | 11 October 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown | Operation Plowshare |
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| ''Clearwater’' | 16 October 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Shoal’' | 26 October 1963 | near Fallon, Nevada | 12 kilotons |
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| ''Anchovy’' | 14 November 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Mustang’' | 15 November 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Greys’' | 22 November 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Sardine’' | 4 December 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Eagle’' | 12 December 1963 | Nevada Test Site | Unknown |
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| ''Fore’' | 16 January 1964 | Nevada Test Site | probably 19 kilotons |
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| ''Oconto’' | 23 January 1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons |
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| ''Klickkitat’' | 20 February 1964 | Nevada Test Site | probably 24 kiltons | Operation Plowshare |
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| ''Pike’' | 13 March 1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons |
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| ''Hook’' | 14 April 1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons |
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| ''Sturgeon’' | 15 April 1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons |
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| ''Turf’' | 24 April 1964 | Nevada Test Site |
| ''Pipefish’' | 29 April 1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons |
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| ''Backswing’' | 14 May 1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons |
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| ''Minnow’' | 15 May 1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons |
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| ''Ace’' | 23 January 1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons | Operation Plowshare |
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| ''Fade’' | 25 June1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons |
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| ''Dub’' | 23 January 1964 | Nevada Test Site | <20 kilotons | Operation Plowshare |
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