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Operation Whetstone

Operation Whetstone
Whetstone Sulky 001.jpg
Rubble mound formed by the Sulky shot.
Information
Country United States
Test site
  • NTS Area 15
  • NTS Area 16, Shoshone Mountain
  • NTS Area 18, Buckboard Mesa
  • NTS Area 19, 20, Pahute Mesa
  • NTS Areas 5, 11, Frenchman Flat
  • NTS, Areas 1-4, 6-10, Yucca Flat
  • Salmon Site, near Lumberton, Mississippi
Period 1964-1965
Number of tests 46
Test type cratering, underground shaft, underground tunnel
Max. yield 51 kilotonnes of TNT (210 TJ)
Navigation
Previous test series Operation Niblick
Next test series Operation Flintlock (nuclear test)

The United States's Whetstone nuclear test series was a group of 46 nuclear tests conducted in 1964-1965. These tests followed the Operation Niblick series and preceded the Operation Flintlock (nuclear test) series.


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