The United States's Praetorian nuclear test series was a group of 19 nuclear tests conducted in 1981–1982. 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 Guardian series and preceded the Operation Phalanx series.

List of the nuclear tests

+ United States' Praetorian 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 Paliza 19:00:00.1 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U7bd – underground shaft,weapons development

Tilci 20:00:09.086 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U4ak – underground shaft,weapons development W84

Venting detected

Akavi 15:00:00.098 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U2es – underground shaft,weapons development

Venting detected

Caboc 21:05:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U2cp – underground shaft,weapons development

Venting detected,

Jornada 16:00:00.104 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U4j – underground shaft,weapons development W80

Molbo 14:55:00.083 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U20ag – underground shaft,weapons development TX-83

I-131 venting detected, 0

Hosta 15:25:00.09Hansen, PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U19ak – underground shaft,weapons development B61

Tenaja 18:00:00.088 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U3lh – underground shaft,weapons development W80

Kryddost 20:00:00.083 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U2co – underground shaft,weapons development

Bouschet 18:17:00.11 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U3la – underground shaft,weapons development

Venting detected, less than

Kesti 14:00:00.085 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U9cn – underground shaft,weapons development

Nebbiolo 14:15:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U19ae – underground shaft,weapons development B61

Monterey 20:05:00.083 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U4aj – underground shaft,weapons development

Venting detected,

Atrisco 14:00:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U7bp – underground shaft,weapons development

Queso 15:00:00.0 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U10bf – underground shaft,weapons development W79

Cerro 14:00:00.085 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U3lf – underground shaft,weapons development

Diamond Ace - 2 (with Huron Landing) 16:00:00.091 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U12n.15 – tunnel,weapon effect

Venting detected

Simultaneous. Huron Landing - 1 (with Diamond Ace) 16:00:00.09 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U12n.15 – tunnel,weapon effect

Venting detected,

Simultaneous. Frisco 17:00:00.085 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U8m – underground shaft,weapons development

Venting detected,

Borrego 13:30:00.096 PST (–8 hrs) NTS Area U7br – underground shaft,weapons development

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