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- Between May 1957 and September 1958, the British government tested nine thermonuclear weapons on Kiritimati for Operation Grapple. Then, in 1962, the UK cooperated with the US on Operation Dominic, undertaking a further 31 detonations on Kiritimati.
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Jul 4, 2019 · The atomic history of Kiritimati – a tiny island where humanity realised its most lethal potential. Published: July 4, 2019 6:56am EDT. X (Twitter) Facebook. LinkedIn. Print. Ron Watson was just...
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Kiritimati (pronounced [kiˈrɪsmæs], also known as Christmas Island) is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati . The name is derived from the English word "Christmas" written in Gilbertese according to its phonology , in which the combination ti is pronounced s .
The British nuclear weapon tests on Kiritimati Island had profound and lasting cultural consequences for both atomic veterans and local islanders, writes Becky Alexis-Martin. Friday 12 June 2020...
Kiritimati Atoll, coral island in the Northern Line Islands, part of Kiribati, in the west-central Pacific Ocean. It is the largest island of purely coral formation in the world, having a circumference of about 100 miles (160 km). Kiritimati Atoll was sighted on Christmas Eve in 1777 by the English.
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Jul 7, 2013 · By John Pickford. BBC News, Kiritimati. In 1957, the British military began conducting nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean and based themselves on Christmas Island. The tests ended six years...
May 5, 2024 · Kiritimati was used for U.S. and British nuclear weapons testing in the 1960s; it now has a large coconut plantation and fish farms as well as several satellite telemetry stations. Banaba reaches 285 feet (87 metres) above sea level , the highest point in Kiribati.
Mar 6, 2013 · Nowadays Kiritimati is known for bonefishing and scuba diving and for being the world’s largest coral atoll, but it earned earlier fame as the site of nuclear testing by the British and United ...
