Christmas Island H Bomb

The united kingdom supposedly conducted its first successful hydrogen bomb test at malden island on 15 may 1957.

Christmas island h bomb. H bomb puts britain on level terms. Christmas island was the operation s main base. Various air shots of cassidy airfield on christmas island where the first h bomb test explosion is about to take place. Christmas island h bomb controversy we follow one man s journey as he tries to find out if the h bomb test on christmas island witnessed half a century ago is now putting his life at risk.

Whilst the grapple series were a bombastic display of british military prowess there is a paradoxically human element to nuclear weapons testing. Christmas island pacific ocean. H bomb test near christmas island in the 1950 s left and the island as it looks today right credit. Christmas island h bomb test families tell of continuing horror.

As the headline in the makeshift newspaper cobbled together that day on christmas island proclaimed and the rest of the world s press soon repeated bomb gone. Ken smith believes both his brother stan and niece margaret died as a result of the hydrogen bomb tests on christmas island. Here we consider the day to day experiences of the soldiers who travelled to christmas island to test the bomb. Our channel is oriented to the dissemination of non profit nuclear test archive material.

In fact this test did not work as planned and the first british h bomb was successfully detonated over the southeastern tip of christmas island on 8 november 1957.