NOTE: At some time recently, perhaps in moving from GE 4.1 to 4.2, coordinates of some US nuke placemarks got scrambled. They now show as being located off the west coast of Africa at (0, 9) lat/lon. I'm searching for a useful new database. The ones I used previously seem to have disappeared from the web. Until this gets fixed try Calico_Jack's post for US tests.


From the first nuclear bomb test in New Mexico in 1945, through the most recent "exchange" between Pakistan and India and North Korea's attempt, there have been over 2000 confirmed nuclear explosions around the globe. This post is designed to link the other posts for each country, and any related material, together for easier reference. The attachment includes accurate to questionable locations of all 2000+. The folder also includes the locations of the two weapons dropped on Japan, which are considered to be tests, but are nuclear detonations.

Trinity - the first test .

***** Trivia - NUCLEAR - It's pronounced nuc-le-ur, not nu-cu-lur. *****

Individual country posts with links and pictures.
U. S. tests and weapons
Soviet tests
U. K. tests
French tests
Chinese tests
Indian tests
Pakistani tests
The mystery test

Interested in how much damage that nuke would have done to your favorite city? Try this.