Atomic Veterans Photo Album

Operation Upshot-Knothole, 1953

Gun fired detonation Drone Aircraft
This detonation was 15 kilotons
Sampler aircraft, QF80, remote controlled and containing test animals
Military Effects Shot 10 Overturned trucks
Military Effects, Atomic heat and shock overtaking parked military vehicles
Shot 10's effects were much more destructive than predicted.

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