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Video of shot MET (Military Effects Test), fired on April 15, 1955, with a yield of 22 kilotons.

Operation Teapot was a series of fourteen nuclear test explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in the first half of 1955.

During shot "Wasp", ground forces took part in Exercise Desert Rock VI which included an armored task force "Razor" moving to within 900 meters of ground zero, under the still-forming mushroom cloud.[1][2]

The Civil Defense "Apple-2" shot on May 5, 1955 was intended to test various building construction types (nicknamed as "Survival Town") in a nuclear blast. A few of the buildings still stand at Area 1, Nevada Test Site. A documentary film was produced showing the buildings being damaged by the blast; in the film, the test is called "Operation Cue".[3]

An augmented test unit from the United States Marine Corps participated in Shot "Bee" during the March 1955 exercises.

Aerial photograph of the fireball from the "MET" tower shot, 22 kilotons.
Teapot "MET" (Military Effects Test) detonated on a 400-foot tower over Frenchman Flat on April 15, 1955, with a yield of 22 KT

This series preceded Wigwam and followed Operation Castle. The shots of this series were:

Teapot Test Blasts
Test Name Date Location Yield Note
Wasp18 February, 1955Nevada Test Site1.2 kilotons 
Moth22 February, 1955 Nevada Test Site2 kilotons 
Tesla1 March, 1955 Nevada Test Site7 kilotons 
Turk7 March, 1955Nevada Test Site43 kilotons 
Hornet12 March, 1955 Nevada Test Site4 kilotons 
Bee22 March, 1955 Nevada Test Site8 kilotons 
Ess23 March, 1955 Nevada Test Site1.2 kilotons 
Apple-129 March, 1955 Nevada Test Site14 kilotons 
Wasp Prime29 March, 1955 Nevada Test Site3.2 kilotons 
Ha6 April, 1955 Nevada Test Site3.2 kilotons 
Post9 April, 1955 Nevada Test Site2 kilotons 
Met15 April, 1955 Nevada Test Site22 kilotons 
Apple-25 May, 1955 Nevada Test Site29 kilotons 
Zucchini15 May, 1955 Nevada Test Site28 kilotons 

References

  1. ^ Defense Technical Information Center. Exercise Desert Rock VI. Operation Order Number 1. February, 1955.
  2. ^ Defense Technical Information Center. Exercise Desert Rock VI. Operation Order Number 2. February 1955.
  3. ^ University of Maryland. Record Group 304: Photographs of Operation Cue. (1955)
  • Chuck Hansen, U. S. Nuclear Weapons: The Secret History (Arlington: AeroFax, 1988)
  • The Nuclear Weapons Archive [1]
  • United States Nuclear Tests - DOE/NV--209-REV 15

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