Annie (United States)

Quand

17 mars 1953

Type

Essai nucléaire

Puissance (kt)

16

Position

Nts

Coordonnées

37.00° N, 116.00° W

Yield kt

16

Purpose

weapons development programme

Reported by

DOE

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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