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Cold War, The |
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The United States conducts Operation Upshot-Knothole at the Nevada Proving Ground 65 miles north of Las Vegas. Codenamed Shot GRABLE, a 280 mm shell with a gun-type nuclear fission warhead iss fired 10,000 meter and detonated 160 meters above the ground with a yield of about 15 kilotons. |
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