Operation Ivy

Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
	Operation Ivy test detonations of Mike (top) and King (bottom).
Information
Country	United States
Test site	Elugelab (Flora), Enewetak Atoll; Runit (Yvonne), Enewetak Atoll;
Period	1952
Number of tests	2
Test type	dry surface, free air drop
Max. yield	10.4 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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