Upshot-Knothole Dixie

Fourth test-firing of the Operation Upshot-Knothole Atomic Weapon test series

Upshot-Knothole Dixie

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

Nuclear weapons tests conducted by the United States

Operations

"Anvil"
"Aqueduct"
"Arbor"
"Argus"
"Bedrock"
"Bowline"
"Buster–Jangle"
"Castle"
"Charioteer"
"Cornerstone"
"Cresset"
"Crossroads"
"Crosstie"
"Dominic"
- "Starfish Prime"
"Emery"
"Fishbowl"
"Flintlock"
"Fulcrum"
"Fusileer"
"Greenhouse"
"Grenadier"
"Grommet"
- Cannikin
"Guardian"
"Hardtack I"
- "Hardtack Teak"
"Hardtack II"
"Ivy"
"Julin"
"Latchkey"
"Little Feller"
"Mandrel"
"Musketeer"
"Niblick"
"Nougat"
"Phalanx"
"Plumbbob"
"Praetorian"
Project 56
Project 57
Project 58/58A
"Quicksilver"
"Ranger"
"Redwing"
"Roller Coaster"
"Sandstone"
"Sculpin"
"Storax"
"Sunbeam"
"Teapot"
"Tinderbox"
"Toggle"
"Touchstone"
"Trinity"
"Tumbler–Snapper"
"Upshot–Knothole"
"Whetstone"
"Wigwam"

Test
areas

New Mexico	Alamogordo Carlsbad Carson National Forest
Nevada	Nevada Test Site Frenchman Flat Pahute Mesa Rainier Mesa Yucca Flat Central Nevada Sand Springs Range Nevada Test and Training Range
Mississippi	Salmon Site
Alaska	Amchitka
Colorado	Parachute Rifle
Other	Pacific Proving Grounds South Atlantic