What the records say
- When
- 23 Feb 1978
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 150
- Where
- Nts
- Coordinates
- 37.12° N, 116.06° W
- Yield kt
- 20–150
- Type
- shaft
- Purpose
- weapons development programme
- Body wave magnitude
- 5.6
- Reported by
- ISC
Operation Cresset
Series of 1970s US nuclear tests
Operation Cresset was a group of 22 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1977 and 1978. These tests followed the Operation Fulcrum series and preceded the Operation Quicksilver series.
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- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated
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