The United States's Toggle nuclear test series
was a group of 28
nuclear tests conducted in 1972–1973. These tests
[A 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 Grommet'' series and preceded the ''
Operation Arbor
The United States's Arbor nuclear test series was a group of 18 nuclear tests conducted in 1973–1974. These testsA bomb test may be a salvo test, defined as two or more explosions "where a period of time between successive individual explosio ...
'' series.
Shots
Diamond Sculls
''Diamond Sculls'' was a horizontal line-of-sight (HLOS) nuclear test. Its purpose was to test the radiation hardness of the
LIM-49 Spartan anti-ballistic missile. It was the largest HLOS test conducted by the United States, consisting of a diameter test chamber and a line-of-sight pipe.
List of the nuclear tests
References
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Explosions in 1972
Explosions in 1973
1972 in military history
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