Was die Aufzeichnungen sagen
- Wann
- 17. März 1953
- Art
- Atomtest
- Sprengkraft (kt)
- 16
- Position
- Nts
- Koordinaten
- 37.00° N, 116.00° W
- Yield kt
- 16
- Type
- tower
- Purpose
- weapons development programme
- Reported by
- DOE
Upshot-Knothole Annie
U.S. nuclear weapons test
Upshot–Knothole Annie was one of eleven nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States as part of Operation Upshot–Knothole. It took place at the Nevada Test Site on 17 March 1953, and was nationally televised. The device used in the blast was a 16 kt Mark 5 Nuclear Bomb - a low yield fission weapon, detonated 90 meters / 300 feet above the ground.
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