Operation Hurricane: The story of Britain's first atomic test in Australia and the legacy that remains by Paul Grace

Operation Hurricane: The story of Britain's first atomic test in Australia and the legacy that remains

Paul Grace

348 pages first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction historical history politics science
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At 8:00 a.m. on Friday 3 October 1952, Britain's first atomic bomb was denoted in the hold of a surplus frigate, HMS Plym, moored in the Montebello Islands, 50 miles off the North West Coast of Western Australia. The test, codenamed Operation Hurr...

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