- Operation Charioteer
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Operation Charioteer Country United States Test site Nevada Test Site Period 1985-1986 Number of tests 18 Test type Underground Navigation Previous test Grenadier Next test Operation Musketeer 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 Name Date Location Yield MILL YARD October 9, 1985 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons 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 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
Categories:- American nuclear explosive tests
- Nevada Test Site
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