Operation Prairie Flat

When

9 Aug 1968

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

50.48° N, 110.68° W

Description

Test involving the detonation of a 500-short-ton spherical surface charge of TNT to evaluate airblast, ground shock and thermal effects of nuclear weapons

Conventional explosive test for nuclear weapon detonations

Operation Prairie Flat was a test involving the detonation of a 500-short-ton (450 t) spherical surface charge of TNT to evaluate airblast, ground shock and thermal effects of nuclear weapons.

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