Operation Hardtack II
Test Blasts
Columns: Name | Location | Elevation + Height | Delivery | Purpose | Yield
Otero | NTS Area 3q | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground shaft | one-point safety test | 38 tons | Bernalillo | NTS Area 3h | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground shaft | one-point safety test | 15 tons | Eddy | NTS Area 7b | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | weapons development | 83 tons | Luna | NTS Area 3m | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground shaft | one-point safety test | 1.5 tons | Mercury | NTS Area 12f | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground tunnel | one-point safety test | 10 tons | Valencia | NTS Area 3r | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground shaft | one-point safety test | 2 tons | Mars | NTS Area 12f | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground tunnel | safety test | 13 tons | Mora | NTS b Area 7 | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | weapons development | 2 kilotons | Hidalgo | NTS Area 7b | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | safety test | 77 tons | Colfax | NTS Area 3k | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground shaft | one-point safety test | 5.5 tons | Tamalpais | NTS Area 12b | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground tunnel | weapons development | 72 tons | Quay | NTS Area 7c | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | tower | weapons development | 79 tons | Lea | NTS Area 7b | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | weapons development | 1.4 kilotons | Neptune | NTS Area 12c | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground tunnel | one-point safety test | 115 tons | Hamilton | NTS Area 5 | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | tower | weapons development | 1.2 tons | Logan | NTS Area 12e | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground tunnel | weapons development | 5 kilotons | Dona Ana | NTS Area 7b | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | weapons development | 37 tons | Vesta | NTS Area 9e | metres (ft) + 0 | surface | one-point safety test | 24 tons | Rio Arriba | NTS Area 3s | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | underground tunnel | weapons development | 90 tons | San Juan | NTS Area 3p | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground shaft | one-point safety test | 0 | Socorro | NTS Area 3b | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | weapons development | 6 kilotons | Wrangell | NTS Area 5 | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | bslloon | weapons development | 115 tons | Oberon | NTS Area 8a | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | tower | one-point safety test | 0 | Rushmore | NTS Area 9a | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | weapons development | 188 tons | Catron | NTS Area 3T | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | tower | one-point safety test | 21 tons | Juno | NTS Area 9f | metres (ft) + 0 | surface | one-point safety test | 1.7 tons | Ceres | NTS Area 3b | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | underground tunnel | one-point safety test | 0.7 tons | Sanford | NTS Area 5 | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | weapons development | 4.9 kilotons | De Baca | NTS Area 7b | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | weapons development | 2.2 kilotons | Chavez | NTS Area 3u | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | tower | one-point safety test | 0.6 tons | Evans | NTS Area 12b | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground tunnel | weapons development | 55 tons | Mazama | NTS Area 9 | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | tower | weapons development | 0 | Humboldt | NTS Area 3v | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | tower | weapons development | 7.8 tons | Santa Fe | NTS Area 7b | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | balloon | weapons development | 1.3 kilotons | Ganymede | NTS Area 9g | metres (ft) + 0 | surface | one-point safety test | 0 | Blanca | NTS Area 12e | metres (ft) - metres (ft) | underground tunnel | weapons development | 22 kilotons | Titania | NTS Area 3c | metres (ft) + metres (ft) | tower | one-point safety test | 0.2 tons