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Original - The Grable Event, part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, was a test of a 15-kiloton atomic artillery shell fired from a 280-mm cannon on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Proving Grounds.
Alternative also in use on en.wiki - The Grable Event, part of Operation Upshot-Knothole, was a test of a 15-kiloton atomic artillery shell fired from a 280-mm cannon on May 25, 1953 at the Nevada Proving Grounds.
Reason
This is a great and sadly overlooked image of early nuclear testing with artillery cannons; although the image quality is somewhat low, this would be a hard subject of which to find a better picture.
Articles this image appears in
Artillery, M65 Atomic Cannon
Creator
Wikifreund (no user page)

Not promoted MER-C 07:18, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]