Upshot-Knothole Simon

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Upshot-Knothole Simon was a nuclear detonation conducted as part of the U.S. Operation Upshot-Knothole nuclear testing program. Simon was conducted on 25 April 1953 at the Nevada Test Site, and tested the TX-17/24 thermonuclear weapon design which had a yield of 43 kilotons.

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