Operation Charioteer: Difference between revisions

Operation Charioteer
Operation Charioteer
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Country	United States
Test site	Nevada Test Site
Period	1985-1986
Number of tests	18
Test type	Underground
Test chronology
	← Grenadier Operation Musketeer (Nuclear test) →

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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).

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

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+ |name                = Operation Charioteer
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+ |country             = {{USA}}
+ |test_site           = [[Nevada Test Site]]
+ |period              = 1985-1986
+ |number_of_tests     = 18
+ |test_type           = Underground
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+ |previous_test       = [[Operation Grenadier|Grenadier]]
+ |next_test           = [[Operation Musketeer (Nuclear test)]]
+}}
 '''Operation Charioteer'''<ref>http://www.nv.doe.gov/library/publications/historical/DOENV_209_REV15.pdf</ref> was a series of 18 [[nuclear test]]s conducted at the [[Nevada Test Site]] in 1985 and 1986. These tests followed the [[Operation Grenadier|Grenadier]] series and preceded [[Operation Musketeer (Nuclear test)]].