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Frenchman Flat is a hydrographic basin in the Nevada National Security Site south of Yucca Flat and north of Mercury, Nevada. [1]

15 relations: Carson City, Nevada, Jackass Flats, Korean War, M65 atomic cannon, Mercury, Nevada, Nevada Test and Training Range, Nevada Test Site, Nuclear artillery, Nye County, Nevada, Operation Ranger, Pahute Mesa, United States Atomic Energy Commission, United States Geological Survey, Upshot-Knothole Grable, Yucca Flat.

Carson City, Nevada

Carson City, officially the Consolidated Municipality of Carson City, is an independent city and the capital of the US state of Nevada, named after the mountain man Kit Carson.

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Jackass Flats

Jackass Flats is a shallow alluvial basin located in the southwest portion of the Nevada National Security Site in Nye County, Nevada.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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M65 atomic cannon

The M65 atomic cannon, often called "Atomic Annie", was a towed artillery piece built by the United States and capable of firing a nuclear device.

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Mercury, Nevada

Mercury is a closed city in Nye County, Nevada, United States, north of U.S. Route 95 at a point northwest of Las Vegas.

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Nevada Test and Training Range

The Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) is one of two military training areas used by the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

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Nevada Test Site

The Nevada National Security Site (N2S2 or NNSS), previously the Nevada Test Site (NTS), is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the city of Las Vegas.

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Nuclear artillery

Nuclear artillery is a subset of limited-yield tactical nuclear weapons, in particular those weapons that are launched from the ground at battlefield targets.

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Nye County, Nevada

Nye County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Operation Ranger

Operation Ranger was the fourth American nuclear test series.

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Pahute Mesa

Pahute Mesa or Paiute Mesa is one of four major nuclear test regions within the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS).

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United States Atomic Energy Commission

The United States Atomic Energy Commission, commonly known as the AEC, was an agency of the United States government established after World War II by U.S. Congress to foster and control the peacetime development of atomic science and technology.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS, formerly simply Geological Survey) is a scientific agency of the United States government.

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Upshot-Knothole Grable

Upshot–Knothole Grable was a nuclear weapons test conducted by the United States as part of Operation Upshot–Knothole.

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Yucca Flat

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.

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Area 11 (NTS), Area 11 (Nevada Test Site), Area 5 (NTS), Area 5 (Nevada National Security Site), Frenchman Flats.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenchman_Flat

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