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Operation Storax 
Storax SedanInformation Country 
United StatesTest site Nevada Test Site Period 1962-1963 Number of tests 48 Test type Underground Max. yield 115-200 kt Navigation Previous test Operation Dominic Next test Operation Sunbeam Operation Storax[1] was a series of 48 American nuclear tests which took place in 1962 and 1963, including the Sedan blast, which was part of the Plowshare program.
The individual blasts were:
Name Date Size SEDAN July 6 104 kilotons MERRIMAC July 13 20-200 kilotons WICHITA July 27 < 20 kilotons YORK August 24 < 20 kilotons BOBAC August 24 < 20 kilotons RARITAN September 6 < 20 kilotons HYRAX September 14 < 20 kilotons PEBA September 20 < 20 kilotons ALLEGHENY September 29 < 20 kilotons MISSISSIPPI October 5 115 kilotons ROANOKE October 12 < 20 kilotons WOLVERINE October 12 < 20 kilotons TIOGA October 18 < 20 kilotons BANDICOOT October 19 12.5 kilotons SANTEE October 27 < 20 kilotons ST.LAWRENCE November 9 < 20 kilotons GUNDI November 15 < 20 kilotons ANACOSTIA November 27 5.2 kilotons TAUNTON December 4 < 20 kilotons TENDRAC December 7 < 20 kilotons MADISON December 12 < 20 kilotons NUMBAT December 12 < 20 kilotons MANATEE December 14 < 20 kilotons CASSELMAN February 8 < 20 kilotons ACUSHI February 8 < 20 kilotons FERRET February 8 < 20 kilotons HATCHIE February 8 < 20 kilotons CHIPMUNK February 15 < 20 kilotons CARMEL February 21 < 20 kilotons KAWEAH February 21 3 kilotons JERBOA March 1 < 20 kilotons TOYAH March 15 < 20 kilotons GERBIL March 29 < 20 kilotons FERRET PRIME April 5 < 20 kilotons COYPU April 10 < 20 kilotons CUMBERLAND April 11 < 20 kilotons KOOTANAI April 24 < 20 kilotons PAISANO April 24 < 20 kilotons GUNDI PRIME May 9 < 20 kilotons HARKEE May 17 < 20 kilotons TEJON May 17 < 20 kilotons STONES May 22 20-200 kilotons PLEASANT May 29 < 20 kilotons YUBA June 5 3.1 kilotons HUTIA June 6 < 20 kilotons APSHAPA June 6 < 20 kilotons MATACO June 14 < 20 kilotons KENNEBEC June 25 < 20 kilotons References
Categories:- American nuclear explosive tests
- Nevada Test Site
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