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Project 596 (Miss Qiu (Chinese: 邱小姐, Qiū Xiǎojiě) as the callsign, Chic-1 by the US intelligence agencies) was the first nuclear weapons test conducted by the People's Republic of China, detonated on 16 October 1964, at the Lop Nur test site.
- 16 October 1964
- Lop Nur Test Base
Oct 16, 2014 · The first Chinese nuclear test, 16 October 1964, had an explosive yield of 22 kilotons (Photo from Web site of Comprehensive Test Ban Organization) The Chinese test site at Lop Nur (or Lop Nor) as photographed on October 8, 1964 by a KH4-A satellite.
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Oct 28, 2014 · On October 16, 1964, China tested its first nuclear weapon, a 16-kiloton bomb detonated at the Lop Nur facility in Inner Mongolia. Documents recently published by George Washington...
On October 16, 1964, the People’s Republic of China conducted its first nuclear test, making it the fifth nuclear-armed state after the USA, the USSR, Britain and France. It was a uranium-235 implosion fission device, yield of 22 kilotons. A collection of nuclear test photographs from Project 596.
1960-1980: China Independently Develops and Tests Nuclear Weapons and Missile Technology | Nuclear Weapons Education Project. Only ten years after its conception, the Chinese nuclear weapons complex successfully tested its first uranium-based atomic bomb on October 16, 1964.
Apr 9, 2011 · Prior to that date and during the sixties, China carried out numerous experiments on animals, tanks, planes, trains to test the effects of the new arsenal. These rare film images show some of the Chinese tests.
SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY. Caption. China's first nuclear weapon test, 1964. This test took place on 16 October 1964 at the Lop Nur test site in Xinjiang, north-eastern China. Numbered 596 in lists of nuclear tests, it was a uranium fission device with a yield of 22 kilotons. This successful test meant that China became the world's fifth nuclear power.
