Editing Operation Teapot (section)

{{Short description|Series of 1950s US nuclear tests}}
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{{Infobox nuclear weapons test
 |name                = Operation Teapot
 |picture             = Teapot MET.gif
 |picture_description = Teapot-''MET'' (Military Effects Test), 22-kilotons
 |country             = United States
 |test_site           = {{plainlist|
*NTS Areas 5, 11, Frenchman Flat
*NTS, Areas 1–4, 6–10, Yucca Flat}}
 |period              = 1955
 |number_of_tests     = 14
 |test_type           = cratering, free air drop, parachuted, tower
 |max_yield           = {{convert|43|ktTNT|lk=in}}
 |previous_series     = [[Operation Castle]]
 |next_series         = [[Operation Wigwam]]
}}
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'''Operation Teapot''' was a series of 14 [[nuclear test]] explosions conducted at the [[Nevada Test Site]] in the first half of 1955. It was preceded by ''[[Operation Castle]]'', and followed by ''[[Operation Wigwam]]''. ''Wigwam'' was, administratively, a part of ''Teapot'', but it is usually treated as a class of its own. The aims of the operation were to establish military tactics for ground forces on a nuclear battlefield and to improve the nuclear weapons used for [[Nuclear weapons delivery|strategic delivery]].<ref>{{cite web|title=For the Record – A History of the Nuclear Test Personnel Review Program, 1978–1993|url=http://www.dtra.mil/documents/ntpr/relatedpub/DNATR966041F.pdf|publisher=Department of Defense|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915201615/http://www.dtra.mil/documents/ntpr/relatedpub/DNATR966041F.pdf|archive-date=September 15, 2012|page=100|url-status=dead}}</ref>