Operation Castle was the codename of Nuclear weapons test series that was conducted by the United States of America after the Operation Crossroads. Operation Castle started with...
Operation Crossroads started on 1st July 1946 and officially ended on 25th July 1946. This Operation was part of the Manhattan Project and was conducted the first detonations of nuclear weapons since the 1945 Nagasaki bombings by the United States of America. As America and its other Allied...
As the Cold War was raging, the arms and space race between the United States of America and the Soviet Union continued to escalate further on and on. The weapons development, research and productions of both superpowers was on a record higher pace in 1958. A total of 77 Atomic tests were conducted by the United States Department of Defense in 1958, this was more than any other...
Pacific Proving Grounds is the designated name of multiple test sites located mainly in Marshall Islands as well as multiple other locations in Pacific Ocean. These nuclear testing locations are collectively designated as Pacific Proving Grounds by the United States of America. American Nuclear test programs that took place in the years from 1946 to 1962...
- OPERATION CROSSROADS - OPERATION CASTLE - OPERATION REDWING - OPERATION HARDTACK 1
Bikini Atoll or Pikinni Atoll in Marshallese language means the coconut place, The Bikini Atoll is also known as Eschscholtz Atoll especially in the years from 1800 to 1946. The Bikini Atoll is on the north side of the Ralik Island Chain of Marshall Islands; It is 770 km (480 miles) NW of Majuro. Majuro is the capital of the Marshall Islands. In 1946, the native people living on Bikini Atoll/ Pikinni Atoll were moved to other locations as the U.S. Government was conducting 23 Nuclear weapons tests on Bikini atoll in an Operation codenamed Operation Crossroads and these atomic weapons tests continued till...