Upshot-Knothole Dixie

Upshot-Knothole Dixie

Information
Country	United States
Test series	Operation Upshot-Knothole
Test site	Nevada Test Site
Date	April 6, 1953
Test type	Atmospheric
Yield	11 kt

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.

Nuclear weapons tests of the United States

Operations

Testing areas

Nevada	Area 15 Area 16 Area 18 Area 30 Frenchman Flat Pahute Mesa Rainier Mesa Yucca Flat

other	South Atlantic Pacific Proving Grounds Alamogordo Amchitka Carlsbad Central Nevada Sand Springs Range Carson National Forest Parachute Salmon Site Nevada Test and Training Range Rifle

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