Operation Charioteer[1] was a series of 18 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1985 and 1986. These tests followed the Grenadier series and preceded Operation Musketeer (Nuclear test).
List of individual tests
| Name |
Date |
Location |
Yield |
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Name |
Date |
Location |
Yield |
| MILL YARD |
October 9, 1985 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 kilotons |
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JEFFERSON |
April 22, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
20 to 150 kilotons |
| DIAMOND BEECH |
October 9, 1985 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 kilotons |
|
PANAMINT |
May 21, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 kilotons |
| ROQUEFORT |
October 16, 1985 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 to 150 kilotons |
|
TAJO |
June 5, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
20 to 150 kilotons |
| ABO |
October 30, 1985 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 kilotons |
|
DARWIN |
June 25, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
20 to 150 kilotons |
| KINIBITO |
December 5, 1985 |
Nevada Test Site |
20 to 150 kilotons |
|
CYBAR |
July 17, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
119 kilotons |
| GOLDSTONE |
December 28, 1985 |
Nevada Test Site |
20 to 150 kilotons |
|
CORNUCOPIA |
July 24, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 kilotons |
| GLENCOE |
March 22, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
29 kilotons |
|
GALVESTON |
September 4, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 kilotons |
| MIGHTY OAK |
April 10, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 kilotons |
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ALEMAN |
September 11, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 kilotons |
| MOGOLLON |
April 20, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
< 20 kilotons |
|
LABQUARK |
September 30, 1986 |
Nevada Test Site |
20 to 150 kilotons |
References
- ^ http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/historical/DOENV_209_REV15.pdf
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