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3rd October 1952: Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, its first test of an atomic bomb

3rd October 2026
Tagged as: Atomic, Atomic Bomb, Australia, Britain, Manhattan Project, Nuclear, Nuclear Bomb, Nuclear War, Operation Hurricane, Science, Technology

The bomb was successfully detonated at 8 a.m., making Britain the third country to successfully develop and detonate a nuclear weapon, after the United States and Soviet Union.

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3rd October 1952: Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, its first test of an atomic bomb

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