- Operation Cresset
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Operation Cresset Country 
United StatesTest site Nevada Test Site Period 1977-1978 Number of tests 23 Test type Underground Navigation Previous test Fulcrum Next test Quicksilver Operation Cresset[1] was a series of 23 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1977 and 1978. These tests followed the Fulcrum series and preceded Quicksilver. The individual blasts were:
Name Date Size BOBSTAY October 26 < 20 kilotons HYBLA GOLD November 1 < 20 kilotons SANDREEF November 9 20 to 150 kilotons SEAMOUNT November 17 < 20 kilotons FARALLONES December 14 20 to 150 kilotons RIB December 14 < 20 kilotons CAMPOS February 13 < 20 kilotons REBLOCHON February 23 20 to 150 kilotons KARAB March 16 < 20 kilotons ICEBERG March 23 20 to 150 kilotons TOPMAST March 23 < 20 kilotons BACKBEACH April 11 20 to 150 kilotons FONDUTTA April 11 20 to 150 kilotons ASCO April 25 < 20 kilotons TRANSOM May 10 0.0 kilotons JACKPOTS June 1 < 20 kilotons SATZ July 7 < 20 kilotons LOWBALL July 12 20 to 150 kilotons PANIR August 31 20 to 150 kilotons DIABLO HAWK September 13 < 20 kilotons DRAUGHTS September 27 20 to 150 kilotons RUMMY September 27 20 to 150 kilotons CREMINO, CREMINO-CAERPHILLY September 27 < 20 kilotons References
Categories:- American nuclear explosive tests
- Nevada Test Site
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