- Operation Fulcrum
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Operation Fulcrum Country 
United StatesTest site Nevada Test Site Period 1976-1977 Number of tests 21 Test type Underground Navigation Previous test Anvil Next test Operation Cresset Operation Fulcrum[1] was a series of 21 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1976 and 1977. These tests followed the Anvil series and preceded Cresset. The individual blasts were:
Name Date Size GOUDA October 6 < 20 kilotons SPRIT November 10 < 20 kilotons CHEVRE November 23 < 20 kilotons REDMUD December 8 < 20 kilotons ASIAGO December 21 < 20 kilotons SUTTER December 21 < 20 kilotons RUDDER December 28 20 to 150 kilotons COVE, OARLOCK February 16 < 20 kilotons DOFINO, DOFINO-LAWTON March 8 < 20 kilotons MARSILLY April 5 20 to 150 kilotons BULKHEAD April 27 20 to 150 kilotons CREWLINE May 25 20 to 150 kilotons FOREFOOT June 2 < 20 kilotons CARNELIAN July 28 < 20 kilotons STRAKE August 4 20 to 150 kilotons GRUYERE, GRUYERE-GRADINO August 16 < 20 kilotons FLOTOST August 16 < 20 kilotons SCANTLING August 19 20 to 150 kilotons SCUPPER August 19 < 20 kilotons EBBTIDE September 15 < 20 kilotons COULOMMIERS September 27 20 to 150 kilotons References
Categories:- American nuclear explosive tests
- Nevada Test Site
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