What the records say
- When
- 19 May 1953
- Kind
- Nuclear test
- Yield (kt)
- 32
- Where
- Nts
- Coordinates
- 37.00° N, 116.00° W
- Yield kt
- 32
- Type
- tower
- Purpose
- weapons development programme
- Reported by
- DOE
Upshot-Knothole Harry
1953 American nuclear weapons test
Upshot–Knothole Harry (UK#9) was a nuclear weapons test conducted by the United States as part of Operation Upshot–Knothole. It took place at the recorded time of 04:05 hours, on May 19, 1953, in Yucca Flat, in the Nevada Test Site. The sponsor of the test was the National Laboratory of the United States of America located at Los Alamos.
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- Nuclear explosions 1945–1998SIPRI / FOA, via TidyTuesdayNo licence stated
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