Operation Ivy

Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy test detonations of Mike (top) and King (bottom), sped up
Information
CountryUnited States
Test site
  • Elugelab (Flora), Enewetak Atoll
  • Runit (Yvonne), Enewetak Atoll
Period1952
Number of tests2
Test typedry surface, free air drop
Max. yield10.4 megatonnes of TNT (44 PJ)
Test series chronology

Operation Ivy was the eighth series of American nuclear tests, coming after Tumbler-Snapper and before Upshot–Knothole. The two explosions were staged in late 1952 at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Proving Ground in the Marshall Islands.

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