Operation Upshot–Knothole

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United States military operation nuclear artillery test nuclear test series

Operation Upshot–Knothole was a 1953 series of U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site to evaluate new weapon designs and their military effects.

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Operation Upshot–Knothole canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States military operation ⓘ
nuclear artillery test ⓘ
nuclear test series ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endTime 1953-06-04 ⓘ
followedBy Operation Castle ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage filmed by U.S. government for analysis ⓘ
includesEvent Upshot–Knothole Grable test ⓘ
involved United States Air Force ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Air Force

United States Army ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Army

United States Marine Corps ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Marine Corps

United States Navy ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Navy
locatedIn Nevada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
location Nevada Test Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTest Annie ⓘ
Badger ⓘ
Climax ⓘ
Dixie ⓘ
Dog ⓘ
Encore ⓘ
Fox ⓘ
George ⓘ
Grable ⓘ
Harry ⓘ
Simon ⓘ
numberOfTests 11 ⓘ
operator United States Atomic Energy Commission ⓘ
Department of Defense ⓘ
surface form: United States Department of Defense
partOf Operation Upshot–Knothole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
United States nuclear weapons testing ⓘ
surface form: United States nuclear weapons testing program
precededBy Operation Ivy ⓘ
purpose evaluation of new nuclear weapon designs ⓘ
study of military effects of nuclear weapons ⓘ
risk radioactive fallout exposure to downwind populations ⓘ
startTime 1953-03-17 ⓘ
testSiteFeature Yucca Flat NERFINISHED ⓘ
testType artillery-fired nuclear test ⓘ
atmospheric nuclear test ⓘ
balloon shot ⓘ
tower shot ⓘ
timePeriod 1953 ⓘ
usedFor civil defense training ⓘ
military troop maneuvers ⓘ
radiation effects research ⓘ
weapons effects studies on structures ⓘ
yield 15 kilotons of TNT ⓘ
yieldRange sub-kiloton to tens of kilotons of TNT ⓘ

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United States nuclear weapons testing → hasPart → Operation Upshot–Knothole ⓘ
Operation Ivy → successor → Operation Upshot–Knothole ⓘ
Operation Upshot–Knothole → partOf → Operation Upshot–Knothole self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Upshot–Knothole Grable test