- Operation Bowline
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Operation Bowline Country 
United StatesTest site Nevada Test Site Period 1968-1969 Number of tests 48 Test type Underground Navigation Previous test Crosstie Next test Mandrel Operation Bowline[1] was a series of 48 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1968 and 1969 at the Nevada Test Site. These blasts followed Crosstie and preceded Mandrel.
Individual Tests
Name Date Location Yield Name Date Location Yield SPUD July 17, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons BAY LEAF December 12, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons TANYA July 30, 1968 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons SCISSORS December 12, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons IMP August 9, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons BENHAM December 19, 1968 Nevada Test Site 1.15 mt RACK August 15, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons PACKARD January 15, 1969 Nevada Test Site 10 kilotons DIANA MOON August 27, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons WINESKIN January 15, 1969 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons SLED August 29, 1968 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons SHAVE January 22, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons NOGGIN September 6, 1968 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons VISE January 30, 1969 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons KNIFE A September 12, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons BIGGIN January 30, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons STODDARD September 17, 1968 Nevada Test Site 31 kilotons NIPPER February 4, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons HUDSON SEAL September 24, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons WINCH February 4, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons KNIFE C October 3, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons CYPRESS February 12, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons WELDER October 3, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons VALISE March 18, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons VAT October 10, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons CHATTY March 18, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons HULA October 29, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons BARSAC March 20, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons BIT A, B October 31, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons COFFEE March 21, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 100 kilotons FILE October 31, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons GOURD
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-BROWNApril 24, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons CREW November 4, 1968 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons THISTLE April 30, 1969 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons CREW 2nd, 3rd November 4, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons BLENTON April 30, 1969 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons KNIFE B November 15, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons PURSE May 7, 1969 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons AUGER November 15, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons ALIMENT May 15, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons MING VASE November 20, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons TORRIDO May 27, 1969 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons TINDERBOX November 22, 1968 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons IPECAC A, B May 27, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons SCHOONER December 8, 1968 Nevada Test Site 30 kilotons TAPPER June 12, 1969 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons TYG A, B, C, D, E, F December 12, 1968 Nevada Test Site 6 to 20 kilotons BOWL 1, 2 June 26, 1969 Nevada Test Site 2 to 20 kilotons References
Categories:- American nuclear explosive tests
- 1968 in the United States
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