Christmas Island Nuclear Tests

Operation grapple was a set of four british nuclear weapons test series of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs carried out in 1957 and 1958 at malden island and kiritimati christmas island in the gilbert and ellice islands in the pacific ocean modern kiribati as part of the british hydrogen bomb programme nine nuclear explosions were initiated culminating in the united kingdom becoming.

Christmas island nuclear tests. The british nuclear weapon tests on kiritimati or christmas island had profound and lasting cultural consequences for both atomic veterans and local islanders. We are the largest and fastest growing community of uk forces veterans on the web with over 500 000 members. The devastating atomic history of christmas island. Sunday mirror collect read more related articles.

The tests ended six years later and parts of the island were sealed off. Boy 8 writes heartbreaking list of things to see before he loses his sight to. Welcome to forces reunited the place where you can find information and friends from christmas island british nuclear tests. Britain exploded its first hydrogen bomb on christmas island in 1957 as part of a series of tests in the pacific.

In 1957 the british military began conducting nuclear tests in the pacific ocean and based themselves on christmas island. 1946 clip of u s. The test took place at high altitude to minimise nuclear fall out. A shot of one of the bombs tested on christmas island image.