DNA Fact Sheet
Public Affairs Office
Washington, D. C. 20305
1978
REDWING was a 17- detonation atmospheric nuclear weapon test series held at the Atomic
Energy Cornmission's (AEC) Pacific Proving Ground (PPG) in the Spring and Summer of 1956. The PPG consisted of Enewetak and Bikini atolls in the northwestern Marshall Islands in the Central Pacific Ocean.
| Date | Name | Location | Magnitude |
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5 May
21 May
28 May
28 May
31 May
6 June
12 June
12 June
14 June
16 June
22 Jure
26 June
3 July
9 July
11 July
21 July
22 July
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LACROSSE
CHEROKEE
ZUNI
YUMA
ERIE
SEMINOLE
FLATHEAD
BLACKFOOT
KICKAPGO
OSAGE
INCA
DAKOTA
MOHAWK.
APACHE
NAVAJO
TEWA
HURON
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Enewetak; surface of Runit Island
Bikini; airdrop near Nam Island
Bikini; surface on Eneman Isiand
Enewetak; tower on Aomon Island
Enewetak; tower on Runit Island
Enewetak; surface on Boken Islanc
Bikini; barge on Iroij Island
Enewetak; tower on Runit Island
Enewetak; tower on Aomon Island
Enewetak; airdrop over Runit Island
Enewetak; tower on Lujor Island
Bikini; barge off Iroij Island
Enewetak; barge off Eleron Islane
Enewetak; barge off Dridrilbwij island
Bikini; barge off Iroij Island
Bikini; barge over Nam Islend reef
Enewetak; barge off Dridrilbwij Island
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40 Kt.
3.4 Mt.
3.5 Mt.
0.19 Kt.
16.8 Kt.
13.7 Kt.
365 Kt.
8.5 Kt.
1.4 Kt.
1.9 Kt.
16 Kt.
1.0 Mt.
350 Kt.
1.9 Mt.
4.5 Mt.
5.0 Mt.
270 Kt.
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Notes:
The DNA Fact Sheet for 1978 listed only a few of the yields of these shots. I listed all of them thanks to Jim Lawson's test list.
** 1-megaton (Mt) nuclear device has an explosive power equal to 1 million tons of TNT.
***A 1-kiloton (Kt) nuclear device has an explosive power equal to 1 thousand tons of TNT.
* The spelling of Marshall Island place names has changed in recent years in order to more accurately render the sounds of the Marshall Island names using English spelling.
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