Explosion of the first British atomic bomb (Australia, 3 October 1952)
Image On 3 October 1952, the first British nuclear tests are conducted on the Montebello Islands off the west coast of Australia. The United Kingdom is the third country in the world, after the United States and the Soviet Union, to develop nuclear weapons.
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Source: Nuclear explosion at Monte Bello 1952 [online]. Kent: PAL/TOPFOTO. Black and White.
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