Operation latchkey

Nuclear test Operation latchkey
nation	United States
Test location	Nevada Test Site / Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Period	1966-1967
Number of tests	38
Test type	Underground tests
Max. Explosive force	870 kT
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The Operation Latchkey was a series of 38 US nuclear weapons testing , the 1966 and 1967 at the Nevada Test Site in Nevada was conducted. Only the Sterling test took place in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

The individual tests of the Latchkey series

#	bomb	Date / Time ( GMT )	Proving Ground	Test type	Explosive power	Remarks
1	Saxon	July 28, 1966 3:33 p.m.	Area 2cc	Manhole	1.2 kT	Part of Operation Plowshare
2	Rovena	August 10, 1966 1:16 p.m.	Area 10s	Manhole	<20 kT
3	Tangerine	August 12, 1966 3:36 pm	Area 3eb	Manhole	<20 kT
4th	Derringer	September 12, 1966 3:30 p.m.	Area 5i	Manhole	7.8 kT
5	Daiquiri	September 23, 1966 6:00 p.m.	Area 7o	Manhole	<20 kT
6th	Newark	September 29, 1966 2:45 p.m.	Area 10u	Manhole	<20 kT
7th	khaki	October 15, 1966 7:00 p.m.	Area 3et	Manhole	<20 kT
8th	Simms	November 5, 1966 2:45 p.m.	Area 10w	Manhole	2.3 kT	Part of Operation Plowshare
9	Ajax	November 11, 1966 12:00 noon	Area 9al	Manhole	<20 kT
10	Cerise	November 18, 1966 3:02 p.m.	Area 3eu	Manhole	<20 kT
11	Vigil	November 22, 1966 3:00 p.m.	Area 10ad	Manhole	<20 kT
12	sterling	December 3, 1966 12:15 pm	Hattiesburg	Manhole	380 T
13	New point	December 13, 1966 9:00 p.m.	Area 11c	Manhole	<20 kT
14th	Sidecar	December 13, 1966 5:50 p.m.	Area 3ez	Manhole	<20 kT
15th	Greeley	December 20, 1966 3:30 p.m.	Area 20g	Manhole	870 kT
16	Rivet I.	January 18, 1967 2:55 pm	Area 10aa	Manhole	<20 kT
17th	Nash	January 19, 1967 4:45 p.m.	Area 2ce	Manhole	39 kT
18th	bourbon	January 20, 1967 5:40 pm	Area 7n	Manhole	20 to 200 kT
19th	Rivet II	January 26, 1967 4:30 p.m.	Area 10z	Manhole	<20 kT
20th	Ward	February 8, 1967 3:15 p.m.	Area 10x	Manhole	<20 kT
21st	persimmon	February 23, 1967 6:34 pm	Area 3dn	Manhole	<20 kT
22nd	Agile	February 23, 1967 6:50 p.m.	Area 2v	Manhole	20 to 200 kT
23	Rivet III	March 2, 1967 3:00 p.m.	Area 10y	Manhole	<20 kT
24	Mushroom	March 3, 1967 3:19 p.m.	Area 3ef	Manhole	<20 kT
25th	Fizz	March 10, 1967 3:00 p.m.	Area 3fr	Manhole	<20 kT
26th	Oakland	April 4, 1967 2:20 pm	Area 2bi	Manhole	<20 kT
27	Heilman	April 6, 1967 3:00 p.m.	Area 2cg	Manhole	<20 kT
28	Fawn	April 7, 1967 3:00 p.m.	Area 3eo	Manhole	<20 kT
29	Chocolate	April 21, 1967 3:09 pm	Area 3es	Manhole	<20 kT
30th	Effendi	April 27, 1967 2:45 p.m.	Area 2ap	Manhole	<20 kT
31	Mickey	May 10, 1967 1:40 p.m.	Area 7m	Manhole	20 to 200 kT
32	Commodore	May 20, 1967 3:00 p.m.	Area 2am	Manhole	250 kT
33	Scotch	May 23, 1967 2:00 p.m.	Area 19as	Manhole	155 kT
34	Knickerbocker	May 26, 1967 3:00 p.m.	Area 20d	Manhole	76 kT
35	Absinthe	May 26, 1967 12:30 p.m.	Area 3ep	Manhole	<20 kT
36	Switch	June 22, 1967 1:10 p.m.	Area 9bv	Manhole	3.1 kT	Part of Operation Plowshare
37	Midi crap	June 26, 1967 4:00 p.m.	Area 12n.02	tunnel	<20 kT
38	umber	June 29, 1967 11:25 am	Area 3em	Manhole	10 kT

Web links

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