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Where does the US test such weapons?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

At this time, no place as no nuclear weapon tests are done by US now. In the past the main test sites were the Pacific Test Range (Bikini & Eniwetok Atolls) and the Nevada Test Site (north of Las Vegas). Various additional tests were performed in roughly half a dozen other states.

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