United States nuclear weapons testing

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military program nuclear weapons testing program

United States nuclear weapons testing refers to the series of experimental detonations conducted by the U.S. government to develop, evaluate, and demonstrate its nuclear arsenal from the 1940s through the late 20th century.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.S. nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands	1
United States nuclear testing program	1
United States nuclear weapons testing program	1

Statements (95)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military program ⓘ nuclear weapons testing program ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
documentedIn	United States Nuclear Tests July 1945 through September 1992 (DOE/NV-209) ⓘ
endTime	1992 ⓘ
firstTest	Trinity test device ⓘ surface form: Trinity test
firstTestDate	1945-07-16 ⓘ
firstTestLocation	White Sands Missile Range ⓘ surface form: Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range New Mexico ⓘ
haltedBy	1992 U.S. nuclear testing moratorium ⓘ
hasEffect	displacement of Marshall Islands inhabitants ⓘ environmental contamination ⓘ health impacts on downwind populations ⓘ radioactive fallout ⓘ
hasPart	Operation Anvil ⓘ Operation Aqueduct ⓘ Operation Bowline ⓘ Operation Buster–Jangle ⓘ Operation Castle ⓘ Operation Cresset ⓘ Operation Crossroads ⓘ Operation Crosstie ⓘ Operation Dominic I and II ⓘ Operation Emery ⓘ Operation Flintlock ⓘ Operation Fulcrum ⓘ Operation Greenhouse ⓘ Operation Grommet ⓘ surface form: Operation Grenadier Operation Grommet ⓘ Operation Guardian ⓘ Operation Hardtack I ⓘ Operation Hardtack II ⓘ Operation Ivy ⓘ Operation Julin ⓘ Operation Mandrel ⓘ Operation Musketeer ⓘ Operation Phalanx ⓘ Operation Plumbbob ⓘ Operation Storax ⓘ surface form: Operation Praetorian Operation Quicksilver ⓘ Operation Ranger ⓘ Operation Redwing ⓘ Operation Sandstone ⓘ Operation Storax ⓘ Operation Teapot ⓘ Operation Tinderbox ⓘ Operation Toggle ⓘ Operation Touchstone ⓘ Operation Tumbler–Snapper ⓘ Operation Upshot–Knothole ⓘ Operation Storax ⓘ surface form: Operation Whetstone Trinity test device ⓘ surface form: Trinity test
influencedBy	Soviet thermonuclear weapons program ⓘ surface form: Soviet nuclear weapons testing
lastFullScaleTest	Divider test ⓘ
lastFullScaleTestDate	1992-09-23 ⓘ
lastFullScaleTestLocation	Nevada National Security Site ⓘ surface form: Nevada Test Site
location	Alaska ⓘ Bikini Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ Christmas Island ⓘ Colorado ⓘ Enewetak Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnston Atoll NERFINISHED ⓘ Marshall Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Mississippi ⓘ Nevada National Security Site ⓘ surface form: Nevada Test Site New Mexico ⓘ Pacific Proving Grounds ⓘ South Atlantic ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean
notableEvent	Castle Bravo ⓘ surface form: Castle Bravo test Sedan test ⓘ Operation Dominic I and II ⓘ surface form: Starfish Prime test Trinity test device ⓘ surface form: Trinity test
numberOfTests	more than any other nuclear-armed state ⓘ over 1000 ⓘ
operator	United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Defense U.S. Department of Energy ⓘ surface form: United States Department of Energy
purpose	civilian applications research ⓘ deterrence demonstration ⓘ weapons development ⓘ weapons effects research ⓘ
regulatedBy	Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty ⓘ surface form: Limited Test Ban Treaty Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty ⓘ Threshold Test Ban Treaty ⓘ
relatedTo	Cold War ⓘ Manhattan Project ⓘ United States nuclear weapons complex ⓘ surface form: United States nuclear weapons program nuclear arms race ⓘ
startTime	1945 ⓘ
testType	atmospheric nuclear test ⓘ cratering test ⓘ high-altitude nuclear test ⓘ peaceful nuclear explosion ⓘ underground nuclear test ⓘ underwater nuclear test ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rongelap Atoll → affectedBy → United States nuclear weapons testing ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands

Charlie → associatedWith → United States nuclear weapons testing ⓘ

subject surface form: Charlie (Operation Crossroads)

this entity surface form: United States nuclear testing program

Baker → relatedProgram → United States nuclear weapons testing ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States nuclear weapons testing program

Trinity → testSeries → United States nuclear weapons testing ⓘ