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The Nevada National Security Sites ( N2S2[ 1] or NNSS ), popularized as the Nevada Test Site ( NTS) until 2010, [ 2] is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County, Nevada, about 65 mi (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas. Formerly known as the Nevada Proving Grounds of the ...
Rainier Mesa is one of four major nuclear test regions within the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). [ 1] It occupies approximately 40 square miles (100 km 2) along the northern edge of the NNSS and corresponds to Area 12. [ 1][ 2] The Rainier Mesa area consists of both Rainier Mesa proper and the contiguous Aqueduct Mesa. [ 3]
Operation Crosstie. Crosstie Faultless, 1 megaton. Operation Crosstie [1] was a series of 48 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1967–1968 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the Operation Latchkey series and preceded the Operation Bowline series.
Map all coordinates in "Operation Anvil (Nuclear test)" using OpenStreetMap. Operation Anvil [1] was a series of 21 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1975–1976 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the Operation Bedrock series and preceded the Operation Fulcrum series.
Yucca Flat is a closed desert drainage basin, one of four major nuclear test regions within the Nevada Test Site (NTS), and is divided into nine test sections: Areas 1 through 4 and 6 through 10. Yucca Flat is located at the eastern edge of NTS, about ten miles (16 km) north of Frenchman Flat, and 65 miles (105 km) from Las Vegas, Nevada. [ 2]
The Nevada Test and Training Range ( NTTR) is one of two military training areas at the Nellis Air Force Base Complex in Nevada and used by the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base. The NTTR land area includes a "simulated Integrated Air Defense System", several individual ranges with 1200 targets, and 4 remote ...
Nevada National Security Site (formerly known as Nevada Test Site, NTS) A nuclear test site carved out of the Nevada Test and Training Range in Nye County, Nevada in 1952. Roughly the size of Rhode Island, it contains many terrains in which various bombs can be tested. Frenchman Flat, Areas 5, 11.
Pahute Mesa or Paiute Mesa is one of four major nuclear test regions within the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). It occupies 243 square miles (630 km 2) in the northwest corner of the NNSS in Nevada. The eastern section is known as Area 19 and the western section as Area 20. [1] [2]