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  2. Upshot-Knothole Annie - Wikipedia

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    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. [ 1 ]

  3. Operation Upshot–Knothole - Wikipedia

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    Operation Upshot–Knothole was a series of eleven nuclear test shots conducted in 1953 at the Nevada Test Site. It followed Operation Ivy and preceded Operation Castle . Over 21,000 soldiers took part in the ground exercise Desert Rock V in conjunction with the Upshot-Knothole Grable shot. [ 1 ]

  4. M65 atomic cannon - Wikipedia

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    The M65 atomic cannon, often called Atomic Annie, [6]: 92 was an artillery piece built by the United States and capable of firing a nuclear device. It was developed in the early 1950s, at the beginning of the Cold War ; and fielded between April 1955 and December 1962, in West Germany , South Korea and on Okinawa .

  5. File:Operation Upshot test.ogv - Wikipedia

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    Original file (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 13 s, 1,920 × 1,080 pixels, 6.61 Mbps overall, file size: 10.13 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  6. Upshot-Knothole Grable - Wikipedia

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    Upshot–Knothole Grable was a nuclear weapons test conducted by the United States as part of Operation Upshot–Knothole. Detonation of the nuclear weapon , a W9 warhead , occurred 19 seconds after its deployment at 8:30am PDT (1530 UTC ) on May 25, 1953, in Area 5 of the Nevada Test Site .

  7. Desert Rock exercises - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of Camp Desert Rock. Desert Rock was the code name of a series of exercises conducted by the US military in conjunction with atmospheric nuclear tests.They were carried out at the Nevada Proving Grounds between 1951 and 1957.

  8. File:Operation Upshot-Knothole - Ruth - Detonation.ogv

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