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Operation Quicksilver (1978) - Definition |
| Related Words: Active, Activist, Alive, Animated, Antelope, Arrow, Brass, Brisk, Bronze, Cannonball, Chameleon, Chipper, Copper |
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Operation Quicksilver (United States, 1978 - 1979) was a nuclear test series of eighteen blasts conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1978 and 1979. This preceded Tinderbox, and followed Crescent. The individual tests were:
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| Emmenthal | 2 November 1978 | <20 kilotons
| | Quargel | 18 November | 20-150 kilotons
| | (Unknown) | 1 December | (Unknown)
| | Farm | 16 December | 20-150 kilotons
| | Baccarat | 24 January 1979 | <20 kilotons
| | Quinella | 8 February | 20-150 kilotons
| | Kloster | 15 February | 20-150 kilotons
| | Memory | 14 March | <20 kilotons
| | (Unknown) | 11 May | (Unknown)
| | Pepato | 11 June | 20-150 kilotons
| | Chess | 20 June | <20 kilotons
| | Fajy | 28 June | 20-150 kilotons
| | Burzet | 3 August | 20-150 kilotons
| | Offshore | 8 August | 20-150 kilotons
| | Nessel | 29 August | 20-150 kilotons
| | Hearts | 6 September | 20-150 kilotons
| | Pera | 8 September | <20 kilotons
| | Sheepshead | 26 September | 20-150 kilotons
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