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Grappling with the Bomb Britain's Pacific H-bomb tests

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Grappling with the Bomb is a history of Britain's 1950s program to test the hydrogen bomb, code name Operation Grapple. In 1957-58, nine atmospheric nuclear tests were held at Malden Island and Christmas Island-today, part of the Pacific nation of Kiribati. Nearly 14,000 troops travelled to the...

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Main Author: Maclellan, Nic (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: ANU Press 2017
Series:Pacific Series
Subjects:
Kiribati
Pacific Ocean
Nuclear weapons
Nuclear issues
nuclear weapons
pacific
kiribati
hydrogen bomb
Christmas Island
Fiji
Kiritimati
Operation Grapple
Thermonuclear weapon
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