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Upshot-Knothole Grable... Nuclear Artillery Test...

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THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 26, 1953

  • Upshot-Knothole Grable - Nuclear Artillery Test
  • The only one of its kind ever tested within the United States
  • Great front-page coverage with photo

The front page tells of the one and only Nuclear Artillery Test (Upshot-Knothole Grable) ever conducted in the United States: "Cannon Fires Atomic Shell; Target 7 Miles Away Blasted," with photo and considerable inside related coverage (page 18). The inside article has a mini-head: "Would Favor Use in Korea." Yet another article has: "Baby Atom Pile Solves Many Nuclear Problems."
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.
Complete with all 60 pages, rag edition, in excellent condition.

Category: The 20th Century
No Longer Available
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.