- Operation Arbor
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Operation Arbor Country United States Test site Nevada Test Site Period 1973-1974 Number of tests 19 Test type Underground Navigation Previous test Operation Toggle Next test Operation Bedrock Operation Arbor[1] was a series of 19 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1973 and 1974. These tests followed the Toggle series and preceded Operation Bedrock.
Individual Tests
Name Date Location Yield Name Date Location Yield POLYGONUM October 2, 1973 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons HULSEA March 14, 1974 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons WALLER October 2, 1973 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons SAPELLO April 12, 1974 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons HUSKY ACE October 12, 1973 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons PORTRERO April 23, 1974 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons BERNAL November 28, 1973 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons PLOMO May 1, 1974 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons PAJARA December 12, 1973 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons JIB May 8, 1974 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons SEAFOAM December 13, 1973 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons GROVE May 22, 1974 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons ELIDA December 19, 1973 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons FALLON May 23, 1974 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons SPAR December 19, 1973 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons JARA June 6, 1974 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons PINEDROPS-SLOAT,
-TAWNY,
-BAYOUJanuary 10, 1974 Nevada Test Site 3×low MING BLADE June 19, 1974 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons LATIR February 27, 1974 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons References
- ^ U.S. Department of Energy. "United States Nuclear Tests July 1945 through September 1992." DOE/NV 209, REV 15, December 2000.
Categories:- American nuclear explosive tests
- Nevada Test Site
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