Nuclear explosion Grable data

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Country
USA
Operation
Upshot-Knothole
Date
1953-05-25
Yield
15 kT

USA - Upshot-Knothole - Grable

Device Type: Gun design Device: W9 AFAP Fired from Annie M65 Atomic Cannon 12 km downrange. 280mm shell 1.4 m long 365 kg. Only other gun-type weapon beyond Little Boy. Desert Rock V.

Base info

Operation Upshot-Knothole - 15 kT out of 252 kT

5.9%

Locations

Area 5 - 15 kT out of 187 kT

8.0%

11 (Frenchman Flats) - 15 kT out of 187 kT

8.0%

Purposes

Deliveries

Gun deployed - 15 kT out of 15 kT

100%

NTS Area 5 11 (Frenchman Flats) Map