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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]
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 ]
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 .
Operation Upshot–Knothole; Upshot-Knothole Annie; ... Upshot-Knothole Simon; W. Operation Whetstone This page was last edited on 4 March 2018, at 19:37 (UTC). ...
The W9 artillery shell was test fired once, fired from the "Atomic Annie" M65 Atomic Cannon, in Upshot-Knothole Grable on May 25, 1953 at the NTS. Yield was the expected 15 kilotons. Subsequently, the W33 nuclear artillery shell was test fired twice (not in a gun) during its development (shots Nougat/Aardvark and Plumbbob/Laplace). These four ...
In 1953, eleven above-ground nuclear weapons tests occurred at the site as part of Operation Upshot–Knothole. [10] The cast and crew spent many difficult weeks at the site, and producer Howard Hughes later shipped 60 tons of dirt back to Hollywood in order to match the Utah terrain and lend realism to studio reshoots.
Upshot-Knothole Annie; Upshot-Knothole Dixie; ... Upshot-Knothole Simon This page was last edited on 16 August 2023, at 02:29 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
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