Upshot-Knothole Dixie (original) (raw)

Upshot-Knothole Dixie was the fourth test-firing of Operation Upshot–Knothole, an atomic weapons test series conducted in 1953 by the United States at the Nevada Test Site. Upshot-Knothole Dixie was an 11-kiloton airdrop shot which detonated at 6,000 feet altitude, the highest air burst detonation conducted to that date. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Upshot-Knothole Dixie. * v * t * e * v * t * e