Teste nuclear

Annie (United States)

17 de mar. de 1953 · Nts

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Quando
17 de mar. de 1953
Tipo
Teste nuclear
Potência (kt)
16
Onde
Nts
Coordenadas
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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