Grapple_Y_test.jpg


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English: The classic shape of the mushroom cloud rises above Christmas Island, flowing the Grapple-Y test on 28 April 1958. With a yield of 3 megatons, it was Britain's biggest nuclear explosion.
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Source https://web.archive.org/web/20070607113755/http://www.awe.co.uk/main_site/about_awe/history/timeline/1957/index.html
Author Atomic Weapons Research Establishment

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28 April 1958