Название: Operation Hurricane: The story of Britain's first atomic test in Australia and the legacy that remains
Автор: Paul Grace
Издательство: Hachette Australia
Год: 2023
Формат: EPUB, PDF (conv)
Страниц: 435
Размер: 5,6 МБ
Язык: Английский
At 8.00 a.m. on Friday 3 October 1952, Britain's first atomic bomb was detonated 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 blast vaporised the Plym, produced a mushroom cloud 2 miles high, and covered the islands and parts of the Australian mainland with fallout.