Operation Latchkey

Operation Latchkey was a series of twenty-seven nuclear test explosions conducted in 1966 and 67 at the Nevada Test Site (with one exception).

These tests followed the Flintlock series and were in turn followed by Crosstie. The individual explosions were:

Latchkey Test Blasts

Test Name	Date	Location	Yield	Note
"Saxon"	28 July, 1966	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons	Operation Plowshare
"Rovena"	10 August, 1966	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
"Derringer"	9 September, 1966	Nevada Test Site	about 12 kilotons
"Daiquiri"	23 September, 1966	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
"Newark"	26 September 1966	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
"Simms"	5 November 1966	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons	Operation Plowshare
"Ajax"	11 November 1966	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
"Cerise"	18 November 1966	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
"Sterling"	3 December 1966	near Hattiesburg, Mississippi	<380 tons
"New Point"	13 December 1966	Nevada Test Site	about 10 kilotons
"Greely"	20 December 1966	Nevada Test Site	870 tons
"Nash"	19 January 1967	Nevada Test Site	about 49 kilotons
"Bourbon"	20 January 1967	Nevada Test Site	about 29 kilotons
"Ward"	8 February 1967	Nevada Test Site	about 10 kilotons
"Persimmon"	23 February 1967	Nevada Test Site	about 3 kilotons
"Agile"	23 February 1967	Nevada Test Site	about 130 kilotons
"Rivet III"	2 March 1967	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
"Fawn"	7 April 1967	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
"Chocolate"	21 April 1967	Nevada Test Site	about 7 kilotons
"Effendi"	27 April 1967	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons
"Mickey"	10 May 1967	Nevada Test Site	about 10 kilotons
"Commodore"	20 May 1967	Nevada Test Site	250 kilotons
"Scotch"	23 May 1967	Nevada Test Site	155 kilotons
"Knickerbocker"	26 May 1967	Nevada Test Site	76 kilotons
"Switch"	22 June 1967	Nevada Test Site	<20 kilotons	Operation Plowshare
"Midi Mist"	26 June 1967	Nevada Test Site	about 9 kilotons
"Umber"	29 June 1967	Nevada Test Site	about 8 kilotons