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Kootanai & Paisano

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Kootanai and Paisano devices detonated for weapons development purposes in a vertical stemmed shaft in the Storax series on 24 April 1963. Kootanai at a depth of 597 feet. It yielded under 20 kilotons. Paisano yielding under 20 kilotons at a depth of 190 feet was detonated one millisecond later than Kootanai.

See: nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Storax.html
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