Editing Operation Tinderbox (section)

{{Short description|Series of 1970s and 1980s US nuclear tests}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox nuclear weapons test
 |name                = Tinderbox
 |picture             = Huron King test chamber.jpg
 |image_size= 320
 |picture_description = ''Huron King'' test chamber
 |country             = United States
 |test_site           = {{plainlist|
*NTS Area 19, 20, Pahute Mesa
*NTS, Areas 1–4, 6–10, Yucca Flat}}
 |period              = 1979–1980
 |number_of_tests     = 14
 |test_type           = underground shaft
 |max_yield           = {{convert|140|ktTNT|lk=in}}
 |previous_series     = [[Operation Quicksilver (1978)|Operation Quicksilver]]
 |next_series         = [[Operation Guardian]]
}}
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'''Operation Tinderbox'''<ref name=LT_1 /> was a series of 14 [[nuclear test]]s conducted by the United States in 1979–1980 at the [[Nevada Test Site]]. These tests followed the ''[[Operation Quicksilver (1978)|Operation Quicksilver]]'' series and preceded the ''[[Operation Guardian]]'' series.