Upshot-Knothole Dixie | |
Country: | United States |
Date: | April 6, 1953 |
Yield: | 11 kt |
Previous Test: | Upshot-Knothole Ruth |
Next Test: | Upshot-Knothole Ray |
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.