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Nuclear explosion Kearsarge data
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Country
USA
Operation
Touchstone
Date
1988-08-17
Yield
140 kT
USA - Touchstone - Kearsarge
The American part of the Joint Verification Experiment.
Base info
USA
Touchstone
Operation Touchstone - 140 kT out of 867 kT
16%
Locations
NTS
Area 19
20 (Pahute Mesa)
NTS - 140 kT out of 39.3 MT
0.4%
Area 19 - 140 kT out of 19.8 MT
0.7%
20 (Pahute Mesa) - 140 kT out of 19.8 MT
0.7%
Purposes
Weapon Development
Military tests
Deliveries
Underground
Underground shaft
Underground - 140 kT out of 88.7 MT
0.2%
Underground shaft - 140 kT out of 67.8 MT
0.2%
NTS Area 19 20 (Pahute Mesa) Map