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