Nearly a thousand nuclear tests were conducted at this place, of which about a hundred were atmospheric.
The subsidence crater of the Huron King Test of 24 June 1980.
The Huron King Test Chamber.
In the Soviet Union too, similar research on EMP was being conducted.
Operation Tinderbox
The Huron King test was conducted on 24 June 1980 as part of Operation Tinderbox.
This vacuum chamber was nicknamed Tinderbox.
The Huron King test cost USD 10.3 million in 1980 (equivalent to $35 million in 2020).
The test chamber was never used again.
Satellite image of the Nevada Test Site showing the current location of the Huron King Test chamber.
The Huron King Test right after the ground had subsided.
The plumes of dust still in the air.
