Operation Guardian was a series of 14

nuclear test Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine nuclear weapons' effectiveness, Nuclear weapon yield, yield, and explosive capability. Testing nuclear weapons offers practical information about how the weapons function, how detona ...

s conducted by the United States in 1980–1981 at the

Nevada Test Site The Nevada National Security Site (N2S2 or NNSS), known as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the ...

. These tests followed the ''

Operation Tinderbox Operation Tinderbox was a series of 14 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1979–1980 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the '' Operation Quicksilver'' series and preceded the '' Operation Guardian'' series. List of ...

'' series and preceded the ''

Operation Praetorian The United States's Praetorian nuclear test series was a group of 19 nuclear tests conducted in 1981–1982. These tests A bomb test may be a salvo test, defined as two or more explosions "where a period of time between successive individual ex ...

'' series.

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Guardian Guardian usually refers to: * Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another * ''The Guardian'', a British daily newspaper (The) Guardian(s) may also refer to: Places * Guardian, West Virginia, Unite ...