LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — July 17 marks a major shift for the Nevada Test Site.
On this date in 1962, the U.S. conducted its last near-ground atmospheric detonation.
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“Little Feller l” tested the smallest nuclear warheads the U.S. had in its arsenal at that time. It packed the equivalent force of 18 tons of TNT.
After Little Feller nuclear testing moved underground.
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