Operation Charioteer

Nuclear test Operation Charioteer
nation	United States
Test location	Nevada Test Site
Period	1985-1986
Number of tests	18th
Test type	Underground tests
Max. Explosive force	20-150 kT
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The operation charioteer was a series of 18 US nuclear weapons testing , the 1985 and 1986 on the site Nevada Test in Nevada was conducted.

The individual tests of the Charioteer series

#	bomb	Date / Time ( GMT )	Proving Ground	Test type	Explosive power	Remarks
1	Mill yard	October 9, 1985 9:40 pm	Area 12n.20	tunnel	<20 kT
2	Diamond Beech	October 9, 1985 11:20 pm	Area 12n.19	tunnel	<20 kT
3	Roquefort	October 16, 1985 9:35 pm	Area 4as	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
4th	Subscription	October 30, 1985 4:00 p.m.	Area 3mc	Manhole	<20 kT
5	Kinibito	December 5, 1985 3:00 p.m.	Area 3me	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
6th	Goldstone	December 28, 1985 7:01 pm	Area 20ao	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
7th	Glencoe	March 22, 1986 4:15 p.m.	Area 4i	Manhole	29 kT
8th	Mighty Oak	April 10, 1986 2:08 pm	Area 12th 08	tunnel	<20 kT
9	Mogollon	April 20, 1986 3:12 p.m.	Area 3li	Manhole	<20 kT
10	Jefferson	April 22, 1986 2:30 p.m.	Area 20ai	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
11	Panamint	May 21, 1986 1:59 p.m.	Area 2gb	Manhole	<20 kT
12	Tagus	June 5, 1986 3:04 p.m.	Area 7bl	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
13	Darwin	June 25, 1986 8:27 pm	Area 20aq	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
14th	Cybar	July 17, 1986 9:00 p.m.	Area 19ar	Manhole	119 kT
15th	Cornucopia	July 24, 1986 3:05 p.m.	Area 2ga (s)	Manhole	<20 kT
16	Galveston	September 4, 1986 4:09 pm	Area 19af	Manhole	<20 kT
17th	Aleman	September 11, 1986 2:57 pm	Area 3kz	Manhole	<20 kT
18th	Rennet curd	September 30, 1986 10:30 p.m.	Area 19an	Manhole	20 to 150 kT

Web links

• United States Nuclear Tests July 1945 through September 1992 (PDF; 898 kB) of the US Department of Energy (English)