Operation Grenadier
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Nuclear test Operation Grenadier
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| nation |
 United States
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| Test location | Nevada Test Site |
| Period | 1984-1985 |
| Number of tests | 17th |
| Test type | Underground tests |
| Max. Explosive force | 20-150 kT |
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| Previous test | Operation Fusileer |
| Next test | Operation Charioteer |
The Operation Grenadier was a series of 17 US nuclear weapons testing , the 1984 and 1985 on the site Nevada Test in Nevada was conducted. All tests were done underground.
The Tierra experiment was used to test the newly developed B83 hydrogen bomb .
The Cottage experiment was part of the development of an X-ray laser as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative . This laser was supposed to be powered by a nuclear explosion. Development was later discontinued.
Controlled radioactive material was released during the Misty Rain experiment . The main purpose of the experiment was to test the effects of the radiation on parts of the MK21 re-entry vehicle and satellites . For this purpose, they were placed in a vacuum chamber about 300 meters from the detonation site. The chamber was protected against the force of the explosion by pressure gates and should simulate conditions like in space.
The individual tests of the Grenadier series
| # | bomb | Date / Time ( GMT ) |
Proving Ground | Test type | Explosive power | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vermejo | October 2, 1984 6:14 pm |
Area 4r | Manhole | <20 kT | |
| 2 | Villita | November 10, 1984 4:40 pm |
Area 3ld | Manhole | <20 kT | |
| 3 | Egmont | December 9, 1984 7:40 pm |
Area 20al | Manhole | 20 to 150 kT | |
| 4th | Tierra | December 15, 1984 2:45 p.m. |
Area 19ac | Manhole | 20 to 150 kT | Test of the new B83 bomb |
| 5 | Minero | December 20, 1984 4:20 pm |
Area 3lt | Manhole | <20 kT | |
| 6th | Vaughn | March 15, 1985 4:31 pm |
Area 3lr | Manhole | 20 to 150 kT | |
| 7th | Cottage | March 23, 1985 6:30 p.m. |
Area 8j | Manhole | 20 to 150 kT | Research on lasers as part of the Strategic Defense Initiative |
| 8th | Hermosa | April 2, 1985 8:00 p.m. |
Area 7bs | Manhole | 20 to 150 kT | |
| 9 | Misty Rain | April 6, 1985 11:15 p.m. |
Area 12n.17 | tunnel | <20 kT | Controlled release of radioactivity (63 curies ) after the test. Research on the effects of nuclear explosions on satellites and ICBMs |
| 10 | Towanda | May 2, 1985 3:20 pm |
Area 19ab | Manhole | 20 to 150 kT | |
| 11 | Salute | June 12, 1985 3:15 pm |
Area 20ak | Manhole | 20 to 150 kT | |
| 12 | Ville | June 12, 1985 5:30 p.m. |
Area 4am | Manhole | <20 kT | |
| 13 | Maribo | June 26, 1985 6:03 pm |
Area 2cs | Manhole | <20 kT | |
| 14th | Serena | July 25, 1985 2:00 p.m. |
Area 20an | Manhole | 20 to 150 kT | |
| 15th | Cebrero | August 14, 1985 1:00 p.m. |
Area 9cw | Manhole | <20 kT | |
| 16 | Chamita | August 17, 1985 4:25 pm |
Area 3lz | Manhole | <20 kT | |
| 17th | Ponil | September 27, 1985 2:15 p.m. |
Area 7bv | Manhole | <20 kT |
See also
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from December 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Robert Del Tredici: At Work in the Fields of the Bomb , Perennial Library, New York 1987, ISBN 0060961643
- [1] - Overview of the American atomic bomb tests (English). (PDF file; 877 kB)
- [2] - Information on the B83 bomb (English).
- [3] - Information on the release of radioactivity from American tests. (PDF file; 1.38 MB)
- [4] - Overview of nuclear tests for weapons development (English). (PDF file; 7.27 MB)