Upshot-Knothole Simon
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Upshot-Knothole Simon was a nuclear detonation conducted as part of the U.S.
Operation Upshot-Knothole
nuclear testing program. Simon was conducted on 25 April 1953 at the Nevada Test Site
, and tested the TX-17/24 thermonuclear weapon design which had a yield of 43 kilotons.
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Operation Upshot-Knothole
Operation Upshot-Knothole
Operation Upshot-Knothole was a series of eleven nuclear test shots conducted in 1953 at the Nevada Test Site.Over twenty-one thousand soldiers took part in the ground exercise Desert Rock V in conjunction with the Grable shot...
nuclear testing program. Simon was conducted on 25 April 1953 at the Nevada Test Site
Nevada Test Site
The Nevada National Security Site , previously the Nevada Test Site , is a United States Department of Energy reservation located in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about northwest of the city of Las Vegas...
, and tested the TX-17/24 thermonuclear weapon design which had a yield of 43 kilotons.
- Test: Simon
- Time: 12:30 25 April 1953 (GMT)
- 04:30 25 April 1953 (local)
- Location: Nevada Test Site, Area 1
- Test Height and Type: 300 Foot Tower
- Yield: 43 kt