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Operation Praetorian

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Country
  
United States

Previous test series
  
Operation Guardian

Number of tests
  
19

Period
  
1981-1982

Start date
  
1981

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
  
140 kilotonnes of TNT (590 TJ)

The United States's Praetorian nuclear test series was a group of 19 nuclear tests conducted in 1981-1982. These tests followed the Operation Guardian series and preceded the Operation Phalanx series.

References

Operation Praetorian Wikipedia