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Operation Fusileer

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Country
  
United States

Previous test series
  
Operation Phalanx

Number of tests
  
16

Period
  
1983-1984

Start date
  
1983

Test site
  
NTS Area 12, Rainier Mesa; NTS Area 19, 20, Pahute Mesa; NTS, Areas 1-4, 6-10, Yucca Flat

Test type
  
underground shaft, underground tunnel

Max. yield
  
150 kilotonnes of TNT (630 TJ)

Operation Fusileer was a series of 16 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1983-1984 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the Operation Phalanx series and preceded the Operation Grenadier series.

References

Operation Fusileer Wikipedia