Operation Grapple
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title:
Operation Grapple
text:
Operation Grapple was a set of four series of British nuclear weapons tests of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Pacific Ocean as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme. Nine nuclear explosions were initiated, culminating in the United Kingdom becoming the third recognised possessor of thermonuclear weapons, and the restoration of the nuclear Special Relationship with the United States
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Series of British nuclear weapons tests
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Grapple
date created:
2004-01-25T09:47:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T04:33:37Z
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