July 16, 1945 was the first nuclear bomb test by the United States.
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July 16, 1945
The first American nuclear bomb test, known as the Trinity Test, took place on July 16, 1945, at the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico. This test was part of the Manhattan Project and marked the dawn of the nuclear age, demonstrating the devastating power of atomic energy.
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China's first nuclear test took place in 1964 and first hydrogen bomb test occurred in 1967.
July 16, 1945 was the first nuclear bomb test by the United States.
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July 16, 1945
Atom bomb dropped in Japan by the U.S. during WWII
The Trinity Test was the first test of a nuclear device. The bomb detonated at the trinity test was an implosion-type plutonium bomb nicknamed 'the gadget' the bomb was the same type of bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki Japan.
The first American nuclear bomb test, known as the Trinity Test, took place on July 16, 1945, at the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico. This test was part of the Manhattan Project and marked the dawn of the nuclear age, demonstrating the devastating power of atomic energy.
The French military explode their nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific.
TrinityHiroshimaNagasakiCrossroads Baker (first underwater)Ivy Mike (first fusion bomb, 90% fission yield)Ivy King (highest yield fission bomb)Castle Bravo (first dry fuel fusion bomb, 90% fission yield)Castle Romeo (test of first deliverable fusion bomb, MK-17)Redwing Zuni (test of first clean fusion bomb)Redwing Navaho (test of clean fusion bomb, only 5% fission yield)Tzar Bomba (highest yield fusion bomb, USSR)etc.
The first nuclear weapon was used on Hiroshima , Japan . The first nuclear bomb test was conducted in Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945 .
India's first nuclear test on May 18, 1974, described by the Indian government as a "peaceful nuclear explosion." The first Nuclear Test in India was cnducted on 18 May , 1974 at Pokhran.
The first nuclear explosion in history took place in New Mexico, at the Alamogordo Test Range, on the Jornada del Muerto (Journey of Death) desert, in the test named Trinity.