Operation Touchstone

Nuclear test Operation Touchstone
nation	United States
Test location	Nevada Test Site
Period	1987-1988
Number of tests	14th
Test type	Underground tests
Max. Explosive force	100-150 kT
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The operation touchstone was a group of 14 US nuclear weapons testing , the 1987 and 1988 on the site Nevada Test in Nevada was conducted.

The individual tests of the Touchstone series

#	bomb	Date / Time ( GMT )	Proving Ground	Test type	Explosive power	Remarks
1	Borates	October 23, 1987 4:00 p.m.	Area 2ge	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
2	Waco	December 1, 1987 4:30 p.m.	Area 3lu	Manhole	<20 kT
3	Mission Cyber	December 2, 1987 4:30 p.m.	Area 12p.02	tunnel	<20 kT
4th	Kernville	February 15, 1988 6:10 p.m.	Area 20ar	Manhole	20 to 150 kT
5	Abilene	April 7, 1988 5:15 p.m.	Area 3mn	Manhole	<20 kT
6th	Schellbourne	May 13, 1988 3:35 pm	Area 2gf	Manhole	<150 kT
7th	Laredo	May 21, 1988 10:30 p.m.	Area 3mh	Manhole	<150 kT
8th	Comstock	June 2, 1988 1:00 p.m.	Area 20ay	Manhole	<150 kT
9	Rhyolite	June 22, 1988 2:00 p.m.	Area 2ey	Manhole	<150 kT	Simultaneous ignition with Nightingale
10	Nightingale	June 22, 1988 2:00 p.m.	Area 2ey	Manhole	<150 kT	Simultaneous ignition with Rhyolite
11	Alamo	July 7, 1988 3:05 pm	Area 19au	Manhole	<150 kT
12	Kearsarge	August 17, 1988 at 5:00 p.m.	Area 19ax	Manhole	100 to 150 kT
13	Harlingen-A Harlingen-B	August 23, 1988 6:30 p.m.	Area 6g Area 6h	Shaft shaft	<20 kT <20 kT	Simultaneous detonation of different bombs in different shafts
14th	Bullfrog	August 30, 1988 6:00 p.m.	Area 4au	Manhole	<150 kT

Nuclear test Operation Touchstone
nation	United States United States
Test location	Nevada Test Site
Period	1987-1988
Number of tests	14th
Test type	Underground tests
Max. Explosive force	100-150 kT
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Previous test	Operation Musketeer
Next test	Operation Cornerstone