Operation Bowline was a series of 48 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1968 and 1969 at the Nevada Test Site

Nevada Test Site

The Nevada National Security Site , previously the Nevada Test Site , is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about northwest of the city of Las Vegas...

. These blasts followed Crosstie

Operation Crosstie

Operation Crosstie was a series of 48 nuclear tests mostly conducted in Nevada during 1967 and 1968. These tests followed the Latchkey series and preceded Bowline....

 and preceded Mandrel

Operation Mandrel

Operation Mandrel was a series of 53 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1969 and 1970. This test series included a 1.2 megaton "calibration shot" code-named Milrow, which was detonated underground at Amchitka Island, Alaska, and the 40 kiloton gas stimulation experiment code-named Rulison,...

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Individual Tests

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! valign=top width=12% | Name
! valign=top width=12% style="background:#ffdead;" | Date
! valign=top width=12% | Location
! valign=top width=12% style="background:#ffdead;" | Yield
! valign=top width=3% |  
! valign=top width=12% | Name
! valign=top width=12% style="background:#ffdead;" | Date
! valign=top width=12% | Location
! valign=top width=12% style="background:#ffdead;" | Yield
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! valign=top | SPUD
| valign=top | July 17, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | BAY LEAF
| valign=top | December 12, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | TANYA
| valign=top | July 30, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | SCISSORS
| valign=top | December 12, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | IMP
| valign=top | August 9, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | BENHAM
| valign=top | December 19, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 1.15 mt
|-
! valign=top | RACK
| valign=top | August 15, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | PACKARD
| valign=top | January 15, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 10 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | DIANA MOON
| valign=top | August 27, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | WINESKIN
| valign=top | January 15, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | SLED
| valign=top | August 29, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | SHAVE
| valign=top | January 22, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | NOGGIN
| valign=top | September 6, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | VISE
| valign=top | January 30, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | KNIFE A
| valign=top | September 12, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | BIGGIN
| valign=top | January 30, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | STODDARD
| valign=top | September 17, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 31 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | NIPPER
| valign=top | February 4, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | HUDSON SEAL
| valign=top | September 24, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | WINCH
| valign=top | February 4, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | KNIFE C
| valign=top | October 3, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | CYPRESS
| valign=top | February 12, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | WELDER
| valign=top | October 3, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | VALISE
| valign=top | March 18, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | VAT
| valign=top | October 10, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | CHATTY
| valign=top | March 18, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | HULA
| valign=top | October 29, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | BARSAC
| valign=top | March 20, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | BIT A, B
| valign=top | October 31, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | COFFEE
| valign=top | March 21, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 100 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | FILE
| valign=top | October 31, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | GOURD
-AMBER,
-BROWN
| valign=top | April 24, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | CREW
| valign=top | November 4, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | THISTLE
| valign=top | April 30, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | CREW 2nd, 3rd
| valign=top | November 4, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | BLENTON
| valign=top | April 30, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | KNIFE B
| valign=top | November 15, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | PURSE
| valign=top | May 7, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | AUGER
| valign=top | November 15, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | ALIMENT
| valign=top | May 15, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | MING VASE
| valign=top | November 20, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | TORRIDO
| valign=top | May 27, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 20 to 200 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | TINDERBOX
| valign=top | November 22, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | IPECAC A, B
| valign=top | May 27, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | SCHOONER
| valign=top | December 8, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 30 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | TAPPER
| valign=top | June 12, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | < 20 kilotons
|-
! valign=top | TYG A, B, C, D, E, F
| valign=top | December 12, 1968
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 6 to 20 kilotons
| valign=top |  
! valign=top | BOWL 1, 2
| valign=top | June 26, 1969
| valign=top | Nevada Test Site
| valign=top | 2 to 20 kilotons
|}