‘’’Operation Niblick’’’ was a series of twenty-seven underground nuclear explosions conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1963 and 1964. Followed the Dominic I & II and Nougat series, preceded Whetstone[?].
Test Name
Date
Location
Yield
Note
Pekan’' 12 August 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Satsop’' 15 August 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Kohocton’' 23 August 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Ahtanum’' 13 September 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Bilby’' 13 September 1963 Nevada Test Site 249 kilotons
Grunion’' 11 October 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Tornillo’' 11 October 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown Operation Plowshare
Clearwater’' 16 October 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Shoal’' 26 October 1963 near Fallon, Nevada 12 kilotons
Anchovy’' 14 November 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Mustang’' 15 November 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Greys’' 22 November 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Sardine’' 4 December 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Eagle’' 12 December 1963 Nevada Test Site Unknown
Fore’' 16 January 1964 Nevada Test Site probably 19 kilotons
Oconto’' 23 January 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Klickkitat’' 20 February 1964 Nevada Test Site probably 24 kiltons Operation Plowshare
Pike’' 13 March 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Hook’' 14 April 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Sturgeon’' 15 April 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Turf’' 24 April 1964 Nevada Test Site <probably 100 kilotons
Pipefish’' 29 April 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Backswing’' 14 May 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Minnow’' 15 May 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Ace’' 23 January 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons Operation Plowshare
Fade’' 25 June1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons
Dub’' 23 January 1964 Nevada Test Site <20 kilotons Operation Plowshare