Operation Fusileer

Nuclear test Operation Fusileer
nation	United States
Test location	Nevada Test Site
Period	1983-1984
Number of tests	17th
Test type	Underground tests
Max. Explosive force	20-150 kT
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Previous test	Operation phalanx
Next test	Operation Grenadier

The operation Fusileer was a series of 17 US nuclear weapons testing , the 1983 and 1984 on the site Nevada Test in Nevada was conducted.

The individual tests of the Fusileer series

#	bomb	Date / Time ( GMT )	Proving Ground	Test type	Explosive power	Remarks
1	Muggins	December 9, 1983 4:00 p.m.	Area 3ls	Manhole	<20 kT
2	Romano	December 16, 1983 6:30 p.m.	Area 2ex	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
3	Gorbea	January 31, 1984 3:30 p.m.	Area 2cq	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
4th	Midas Myth / Milagro	February 15, 1984 5:00 p.m.	Area 12th April	tunnel	<20 kT
5	Tortugas	March 1, 1984 5:45 p.m.	Area 3gg	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
6th	Agrini	March 31, 1984 2:30 p.m.	Area 2ev	Manhole	<20 kT
7th	Mundo	May 1, 1984 7:05 pm	Area 7bo	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
8th	Orkney	May 2, 1984 1:50 p.m.	Area 10be	Manhole	<20 kT
9	Bellow	May 16, 1984 4:00 p.m.	Area 4ac	Manhole	<20 kT
10	Cap skirt	May 31, 1984 1:04 pm	Area 4q	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
11	Duoro	June 20, 1984 3:15 pm	Area 3lv	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
12	Normanna	July 12, 1984 2:00 p.m.	Area 10cb	Manhole	<20 kT
13	Kappeli	July 25, 1984 3:30 p.m.	Area 20am	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
14th	Correo	August 2, 1984 3:00 p.m.	Area 3lw	Manhole	<20 kT
15th	Dolcetto	August 30, 1984 2:45 p.m.	Area 7bi	Manhole	<20 kT
16	Wexford	August 30, 1984 2:45 p.m.	Area 2cr	Manhole	<20 kT
17th	Breton	September 13, 1984 2:00 p.m.	Area 4ar	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)