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GRABLE was fired on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Test Site. A 280mm artillery gun fired the 15 kiloton nuclear shell. This was the only time a nuclear artillery shell was ever fired.

Operation Upshot-Knothole, number 42, airburst.

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Filename:	XX12.jpg
Album name:	Upshot-Knothole - Nevada Test Site
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Keywords:	Nevada / Test / Site, / Mercury, / Nye / County, / Nevada / NTS
Date:	May 25, 1953
Credits:	U.S. Department of Energy photograph
Filesize:	203 KiB
Date added:	Jun 18, 2004
Dimensions:	1180 x 1474 pixels
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[Dec 30, 2005 at 07:09 PM]

Operation Upshot-Knothole, number 42, airburst.

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Nuclear Pictures

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GRABLE

GRABLE was fired on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Test Site. A 280mm artillery gun fired the 15 kiloton nuclear shell. This was the only time a nuclear artillery shell was ever fired. Operation Upshot-Knothole, number 42, airburst.

GRABLE was fired on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Test Site. A 280mm artillery gun fired the 15 kiloton nuclear shell. This was the only time a nuclear artillery shell was ever fired.

Operation Upshot-Knothole, number 42, airburst.