Editing Nevada Test Site (section)

===Area 10===
[[File:Nevada Test Site craters.jpg|thumb|North end of Yucca Flat, where most tests have been conducted.]]
Area&nbsp;10 held 57 nuclear tests for a total of 71 detonations.<ref name="DOE/NV-209" />

The first underground test at the site was the "Uncle" shot of [[Operation Jangle]]. Uncle detonated on November 29, 1951, within a shaft sunk into Area&nbsp;10.

The "John" shot of Plumbbob, on July 19, 1957, was the first test firing of the nuclear-tipped [[AIR-2 Genie]] air-to-air rocket designed to destroy incoming enemy bombers with a nuclear explosion. The {{convert|2|ktonTNT|abbr=on|adj=on}} warhead exploded approximately three miles above five volunteers and a photographer who stood unprotected at "ground zero" in Area&nbsp;10 to show the safety of battlefield nuclear weapons to personnel on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://calitreview.com/273 |title=California Literary Review. Peter Kuran. Images from ''How To Photograph an Atomic Bomb''. (22 October 2007) |access-date=April 24, 2010 |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524175010/http://calitreview.com/273 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The test also demonstrated the ability of a fighter aircraft to deliver a nuclear-tipped rocket and avoid being destroyed in the process. A Northrop [[F-89 Scorpion|F-89J]] fired the rocket.

The [[Sedan (nuclear test)|"Sedan" test]] of [[Operation Storax]] on July 6, 1962, a {{convert|104|ktonTNT|abbr=on|adj=on}} shot for the [[Operation Plowshare]] which sought to discover whether nuclear weapons could be [[peaceful nuclear explosion|used for peaceful means]] in creating lakes, bays or canals. The explosion displaced 12 million tons of earth, creating the [[Sedan crater]] which is 1,280 feet (390 m) wide and 320 feet (100 m) deep.