Elugelab

Elugelab (or Elugelap) was an island, part of the Enewetak atoll in the Marshall Islands. It was destroyed by the world's first test of a hydrogen bomb on 1 November 1952, as part of Operation Ivy. The blast yielded 10.4 megatons of explosive energy, 750 times^[1] the explosion that leveled central Hiroshima,^[2] leaving only a crater where Elugelab had been.

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11°40′0″N 162°11′13″E / 11.66667°N 162.18694°E / 11.66667; 162.18694

^ In Mortal Hands, A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age, by Stephanie Cooke, Bloomsbury, New York, 2009, p. 103.
^ "Soviets Stole Bomb Idea From U.S., Book Says". The New York Times. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-29. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

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[1] In Mortal Hands, A Cautionary History of the Nuclear Age, by Stephanie Cooke, Bloomsbury, New York, 2009, p. 103.

[2] "Soviets Stole Bomb Idea From U.S., Book Says". The New York Times. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-29. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

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