English subtitles for clip: File:Operation Upshot test.ogv
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1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,590 The Army's 280 mm gun. 2 00:00:03,807 --> 00:00:07,864 When this shot was added to the program, some additional effects tests 3 00:00:07,864 --> 00:00:11,240 were scheduled to observe results of the low burst height. 4 00:00:11,340 --> 00:00:13,370 (gun fires) 5 00:00:16,847 --> 00:00:21,326 Since no gun-type assembly had been detonated since the Hiroshima bomb, 6 00:00:21,326 --> 00:00:24,876 the weapons development scientists had on this shot their first 7 00:00:24,876 --> 00:00:29,732 opportunity to study the nucleonic behavior and fireball configuration 8 00:00:29,732 --> 00:00:30,939 of such a device. 9 00:00:33,937 --> 00:00:37,560 (shell explodes) 10 00:00:39,303 --> 00:00:41,330 Yield: 15 kilotons