- Operation Anvil (nuclear test)
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Operation Anvil 
Husky Pup test chamber 1.Information Country 
United StatesTest site Nevada Test Site Period 1975-1976 Number of tests 21 Test type Underground Navigation Previous test Operation Bedrock Next test Fulcrum Operation Anvil[1] was a series of 21 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1975 and 1976. These tests followed the Bedrock series and preceded Fulcrum.
Individual Tests
Name Date Location Yield Name Date Location Yield MARSH September 6, 1975 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons CHESHIRE February 14, 1976 Nevada Test Site .2 to .5 mt HUSKY PUP October 24, 1975 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons SHALLOWS February 26, 1976 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons KASSERI October 28, 1975 Nevada Test Site .2 to 1 mt ESTUARY March 9, 1976 Nevada Test Site .2 to .5 mt DECK November 18, 1975 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons COLBY March 14, 1976 Nevada Test Site .5 to 1 mt INLET November 20, 1975 Nevada Test Site .2 to 1 mt POOL March 17, 1976 Nevada Test Site .2 to .5 mt LEYDEN November 26, 1975 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons STRAIT March 17, 1976 Nevada Test Site .2 to .5 mt CHIBERTA December 20, 1975 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons MIGHTY EPIC May 12, 1976 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons MUENSTER January 3, 1976 Nevada Test Site .2 to 1 mt RIVOLI May 20, 1976 Nevada Test Site < 20 kilotons KEELSON February 4, 1976 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons BILLET July 27, 1976 Nevada Test Site 20 to 150 kilotons ESROM February 4, 1976 Nevada Test Site 20 to 200 kilotons BANON August 26, 1976 Nevada Test Site 20 to 150 kilotons FONTINA February 12, 1976 Nevada Test Site .2 to 1 mt References
- ^ U.S. Department of Energy. "United States Nuclear Tests July 1945 through September 1992." DOE/NV 209, REV 15, December 2000.
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