Category Archives: nuclear test

On This Day — US Detonates First Thermonuclear Weapon (November 1, 1952)

Posted on November 1, 2023 by L

“The island of Elugelab is missing.” Gordon Dean Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission summarizing the events to President Eisenhower   November 1st 2023 — On November 1st 1952, the United States detonated  the first full-scale thermonuclear device on the island … Continue reading →

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On This Day — North Korea Tests H Bomb in “Self-Defence Against US” (January 6 2016) [Why I Started Blogging]

Posted on January 6, 2023 by L

“It is just to have H-bomb as self-defence against the US having numerous and humongous nuclear weapons. The DPRK’s fate must not be protected by any forces but DPRK itself.” North Korean State Television Broadcast (January 6 2016) January 6 … Continue reading →

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70 Years Ago — US Detonates First Thermonuclear Weapon (November 1, 1952)

Posted on November 1, 2022 by L

“The island of Elugelab is missing.” Gordon Dean — Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission summarizing the events to President Eisenhower   November 1st 2022 — On November 1st 1952, the United States detonated  the first full-scale thermonuclear device on the … Continue reading →

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On This Day — North Korea Tests H Bomb in “Self-Defence Against US” (January 6 2016) [Why I Started Blogging]

Posted on January 6, 2022 by L

“It is just to have H-bomb as self-defence against the US having numerous and humongous nuclear weapons. The DPRK’s fate must not be protected by any forces but DPRK itself.” North Korean State Television Broadcast (Jan. 6 2016) January 6 … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Detonates First Thermonuclear Weapon (November 1, 1952) [2021]

Posted on November 1, 2021 by L

“The island of Elugelab is missing.” Gordon Dean — Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission summarizing the events to President Eisenhower   November 1 2021 — On November 1 1952, the United States detonated  the first full-scale thermonuclear device on the … Continue reading →

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On This Day — France Becomes 5th Thermo-Nuclear Power [Canopus Test] (August 24 1968) [UPDATE — France deliberately underestimated environmental impact of nuclear tests in Polynesia]

Posted on August 24, 2021 by L

“You can’t erase 60 years of state propaganda, denial, intimidation, contempt and arrogance with a wave of the hand.” Polynesian President Edouard Fritch (July 2021) August 24 2020 — Canopus (also known as “Opération Canopus” in French) was the code … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Detonates First Nuclear Weapon (July 16 1945) [UPDATE : Olympics chief accused of insulting Hiroshima survivors]

Posted on July 15, 2021 by L

“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that … Continue reading →

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5 Years Ago — North Korea Tests H Bomb in “Self-Defence Against US” (January 6 2016)

Posted on January 6, 2021 by L

“It is just to have H-bomb as self-defence against the US having numerous and humongous nuclear weapons. The DPRK’s fate must not be protected by any forces but DPRK itself.” North Korean State Television Broadcast (Jan. 6 2016) January 6 … Continue reading →

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On This Day — US Detonates First Thermonuclear Weapon (November 1, 1952) [2020]

Posted on November 1, 2020 by L

“The island of Elugelab is missing.” Gordon Dean — Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission summarizing the events to President Eisenhower   November 1 2020 — On November 1 1952, the United States detonated  the first full-scale thermonuclear device on the … Continue reading →

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On This Day — France Becomes 5th Thermo-Nuclear Power [Canopus Test] (August 24 1968) [2020]

Posted on August 24, 2020 by L

“I returned to civilization shortly after that and went to Cornell to teach, and my first impression was a very strange one. (…) I sat in a restaurant in New York, for example, and I looked out at the buildings and … Continue reading →

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