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Operation Guardian Country 
United StatesTest site Nevada Test Site Period 1980-1981 Number of tests 16 Test type Underground Navigation Previous test Tinderbox Next test Praetorian A series of sixteen nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site. This test series followed Tinderbox and preceded Praetorian. The individual blasts were:
Name Date Size DUCHESS 24 October 1980 <20 kilotons MINERS IRON 31 October <20 kilotons DAUPHIN 14 November <20 kilotons SERPA 17 December 20-150 kilotons BASEBALL 15 January 1981 20-150 kilotons CLAIRETTE 5 February <20 kilotons SECO 25 February <20 kilotons VIDE 30 April <20 kilotons ALIGOTE 29 May <20 kilotons HARZER 6 June 20-150 kilotons NIZA 10 July <20 kilotons PINEAU 16 July <20 kilotons HAVARTI 5 August <20 kilotons ISLAY 27 August <20 kilotons TREBIANO 4 September <20 kilotons CERNADA 24 September <20 kilotons References
- "United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992 (DOE/NV-209)" (pdf). U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office. 2000. http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/historical/DOENV_209_REV15.pdf.
Categories:- American nuclear explosive tests
- Nevada Test Site
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