The United States's Phalanx nuclear test series was a group of 18 nuclear tests conducted in 1982–1983. These testsA bomb test may be a salvo test, defined as two or more explosions "where a period of time between successive individual explosions does not exceed 5 seconds and where the burial points of all explosive devices can be connected by segments of straight lines, each of them connecting two burial points and does not exceed 40 kilometers in length". followed the Operation Praetorian series and preceded the Operation Fusileer series.
+ United States' Phalanx series tests and detonations Name The US, France and Great Britain have code-named their test events, while the USSR and China did not, and therefore have only test numbers (with some exceptions – Soviet peaceful explosions were named). Word translations into English in parentheses unless the name is a proper noun. A dash followed by a number indicates a member of a salvo event. The US also sometimes named the individual explosions in such a salvo test, which results in "name1 – 1(with name2)". If test is canceled or aborted, then the row data like date and location discloses the intended plans, where known. Date time (UT) Local time zoneTo convert the UT time into standard local, add the number of hours in parentheses to the UT time; for local daylight saving time, add one additional hour. If the result is earlier than 00:00, add 24 hours and subtract 1 from the day; if it is 24:00 or later, subtract 24 hours and add 1 to the day. Historical time zone data obtained from the IANA time zone database. LocationRough place name and a latitude/longitude reference; for rocket-carried tests, the launch location is specified before the detonation location, if known. Some locations are extremely accurate; others (like airdrops and space blasts) may be quite inaccurate. "~" indicates a likely pro-forma rough location, shared with other tests in that same area. Elevation + height Elevation is the ground level at the point directly below the explosion relative to sea level; height is the additional distance added or subtracted by tower, balloon, shaft, tunnel, air drop or other contrivance. For rocket bursts the ground level is "N/A". In some cases it is not clear if the height is absolute or relative to ground, for example, Plumbbob/John. No number or units indicates the value is unknown, while "0" means zero. Sorting on this column is by elevation and height added together. Delivery Atmospheric, airdrop, balloon, gun, cruise missile, rocket, surface, tower, and barge are all disallowed by the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. Sealed shaft and tunnel are underground, and remained useful under the PTBT. Intentional cratering tests are borderline; they occurred under the treaty, were sometimes protested, and generally overlooked if the test was declared to be a peaceful use.Purpose Include weapons development, weapon effects, safety test, transport safety test, war, science, joint verification and industrial/peaceful, which may be further broken down. DeviceDesignations for test items where known, "?" indicates some uncertainty about the preceding value, nicknames for particular devices in quotes. This category of information is often not officially disclosed. YieldEstimated energy yield in tons, kilotons, and megatons. A ton of TNT equivalent is defined as 4.184 gigajoules (1 gigacalorie). FalloutRadioactive emission to the atmosphere aside from prompt neutrons, where known. The measured species is only iodine-131 if mentioned, otherwise it is all species. No entry means unknown, probably none if underground and "all" if not; otherwise notation for whether measured on the site only or off the site, where known, and the measured amount of radioactivity released. References Notes Seyval 19:17:00.1 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U3lm – underground shaft,weapons development
Manteca 15:20:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U4al – underground shaft,weapons development
Venting detected,
Coalora 16:00:00.1 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U3lo – underground shaft,weapons development
Cheedam 17:00:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U2et – underground shaft,weapons development
Venting detected,
Cabra 20:20:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U20aj – underground shaft,weapons development
Turquoise 19:05:00.12 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U7bu – underground shaft,weapons development
I-131 venting detected,
Crowdie 15:20:00.08 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U2fe – underground shaft,weapons development
Venting detected,
Mini Jade 14:30:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U12n.12 – underground cavity in tunnel,weapon effect
Venting detected,
Fahada 15:00:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U7bh – underground shaft,weapons development
Danablu 17:10:00.088 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U2eu – underground shaft,weapons development
I-131 venting detected, 0
Laban 13:33:00.1 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U2ff – underground shaft,weapons development
Venting detected,
Sabado 14:00:00.12 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U3lc – underground shaft,weapons development
Jarlsberg 14:00:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U10ca – underground shaft,weapons development
Venting detected
Chancellor 14:00:00.08 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U19ad – underground shaft,weapons development W80
Stockpile confidence test Tomme/Midnight Zephyr 15:00:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U12n.18 – tunnel,weapon effect
Branco - 1 16:25:00.08 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U2ew – underground shaft,weapons development
Simultaneous, same hole. Branco-Herkimer - 2 16:25:00.08 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U2ew + underground shaft,weapons development
Simultaneous, same hole. Techado 15:00:00.12 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U4o – underground shaft,weapons development
Navata 15:00:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U3lb – underground shaft,safety experiment
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