Operation Guardian 1980-1981

⚔ ☢ Serie på 16 underjordiske amerikanske  atomvåbenforsøg i Nevada forsøgsområdet i den anden del af den kolde krig.
Oplysninger om operationen er stadig skjulte som klassificeret eller maskeret information.
According to Margaret Thatcher Foundation's, Margaret Thatcher's files as Prime Minister, 1981 'even includes outline details of British nuclear tests, done at American sites at what must surely have been a bargain price (£5m for our place on the 1981 programme). The oddly named "Hurdle Prime" provided us with the data needed to design the basic warhead, detonated at 1510 London time 17 December 1980, while MT and senior colleagues sat in a Cabinet Committee meeting at No.10.
Atomvåbenforsøgene kom efter Operation Tinderbox og før Operation Praetorian.
Atomvåbenforsøgene omfattede / The nuclear weapons tests included
  1. Duchess 24. oktober 1980 20 kilotons
  2. Miners iron 31. oktober 20 kt
  3. Dauphin 14. november 20 kt
  4. Serpa - UK Hurdle Prime 17. december 20-150 kt
  5. Baseball 15. januar 1981 20-150 kt
  6. Clairette 5. februar 20 kt
  7. Seco 25. februar 20 kt
  8. Vide 30. april 20 kt
  9. Aligote 29. maj 20 kt
  10. Harzer 6. juni 20-150 kt
  11. Niza 10. juli 20 kt
  12. Pineau 16. juli 20 kt
  13. Havarti 5. august 20 kt
  14. Islay 27. august 20 kt
  15. Trebiano 4. september 20 kt
  16. Cernada 24. september 20 kt
Se tillige: Operation Anvil ; Aqueduct ; Arbor ; Argus ; Bedrock ; Bowline ; Buster-Jangle ; Castle ; Chariot ; Charioteer ; Cornerstone ; Cresset ; Crossroads ; Crosstie ; Cue ; Dominic ; Dominic II ; Dugout ; Emery ; Fishbowl ; Flintlock ; Fulcrum ; Fusileer ; Greenhouse ; Grenadier ; Grommet ; Hardtack I ; Hardtack II ; Ivy ; Julin ; Latchkey ; Little Feller ; Mandrel ; Musketeer ; Newsreel ; Niblick ; Nougat ; Phalanx ; Plowshare ; Plumbbob ; Praetorian ; Project 56 ; Project 57 ; Project 58 ; Project 58A ; Quicksilver ; Ranger ; Redwing ; Roller Coaster ; Sandstone ; Sculpin ; Storax ; Sunbeam ; Teapot ; Tinderbox ; Toggle ; Touchstone ; Trinity ; Tumbler-Snapper ; Upshot-Knothole ; Whetstone ; Wigwam.
Miljøforurening
/ Contamination, environmental pollution
Se også: Barium ; beryllium ; cerium ; cæsium ; jod ; krypton ; lanthanum ; molybdæn ; neptunium ; niobium ; plutonium ; polonium ; radioaktivitet ; ruthenium ; strontium-90 ; tellur ; tritium ; uran ; xenon ; zirkonium.

Litteratur

Margaret Thatcher Foundation: Margaret Thatcher's files as Prime Minister, 1981, 2011.
- http://www.margaretthatcher.org/archive/1981_PREM19.asp
United States Nuclear Tests, July 1945 through September 1992.
U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office, DOE/NV--209-REV 15, December 2000.

Send kommentar, email eller søg i Fredsakademiet.dk
Locations of visitors to this page