Operation Tinderbox
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Operation Tinderbox was a series of fifteen nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site
in 1979 and 1980. These tests followed the Quicksilver
series and preceded Guardian
. The individual blasts were:
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...
in 1979 and 1980. These tests followed the Quicksilver
Operation Quicksilver (1978)
Operation Quicksilver was a nuclear test series of eighteen blasts conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1978 and 1979. This preceded Tinderbox, and followed Cresset. The individual tests were:...
series and preceded Guardian
Operation Guardian
A series of sixteen nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site. This test series followed Tinderbox and preceded Praetorian. The individual blasts were:...
. The individual blasts were:
| Name | Date | Size |
|---|---|---|
| BACKGAMMON | 29 November 1979 | <20 kilotons |
| AZUL | 14 December | <20 kilotons |
| TARKO | 28 February 1980 | <20 kilotons |
| NORBO | 8 March | <20 kilotons |
| LIPTAUER | 3 April | 20-150 kilotons |
| PYRAMID | 16 April | 20-150 kilotons |
| COLWICK | 26 April | 20-150 kilotons |
| CANFIELD | 2 May | <20 kilotons |
| FLORA | 22 May | <20 kilotons |
| KASH | 12 June | 20-150 kilotons |
| HURON KING | 24 June | <20 kilotons |
| TAFI | 25 July | 20-150 kilotons |
| VERDELLO | 31 July | <20 kilotons |
| BONARDA | 25 September | 20-150 kilotons |
| RIOLA | 25 September | <20 kilotons |